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Martinez19:
Lol. When there isn't anything reasonable to bring to the table, insults, condescending remarks, your credentials and the annoying "why do Nigerians care so much about American politics" becomes the anthem.

PDPguy is a qualified US attorney, so? How is that relevant to the discussion? A US attorney that doesn't know the 14th amendment. The Republicans and Democrats can't be right at the same time concerning Trump, one wrong and yet the wrong party lives in America. So, of what relevance is the fact that they America is to the argument at hand? Remember, there are attorneys and other sort of professionals on both sides, so what relevance is credentials on this issue?

What's wrong with the left? They can't logical and critically construct an arguments and conclusion.

Did all you say about PDPguy and Paul Ryan change this fact? :

You are misreading the Senator's statement.

It is true, according to the rules of statutory interpretation, that the intent of framer of a law should be considered when interpreting the said law. The 1800's statement made by the Senator, to the effect that, "This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons." is what is in contention here.

But the bolded part shows that the amendment was intended to exclude ONLY children of accredited diplomats of other sovereign nations. The statement also does not explicitly mention illegal aliens as well. If there was an 'or' between 'aliens' and 'who..' in the Senator's statement, then one could reasonably assume that children born in the US to foreigners do not possess U.S. birthright citizenship.

Moreover, the term “subject to the jurisdiction of the United States” covers all persons in the US, except diplomats of sovereign countries

Kophschmerzen:
This is the funniest thing on cyberspace, when Nigeria folks start talking down actual Americans about America. Pdpguy is a qualified US attorney, Paul Ryan is the leader of the house, my humble self have been following American politics and law for over two decades, ditto for brother Lucas. But y'all third worlders are all walking encyclopedia on American politics and law. The joke is on y'all, keep having headache about merica while y'all are the world poverty capital plus the new spate of killing in your corner.

Still on my way to becoming an attorney though

Despite what Trump fans may want to believe, the 14th amendment applies to anyone who is subject to the jurisdiction of the US. Some individuals such as diplomats, aren’t subject to the jurisdiction of the US, hence their kids born in the US aren’t automatically US citizens.

However, children born here, to undocumented immigrants, are US citizens because their parents are also subject to the jurisdiction of the US. The parents could apply for some amnesty or asylum or could be deported from the US.

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The polls show a Dem takeover of the House, and 5-6 tight races for Governor

armyofone:
This is getting better Trump to end birth right citizenship with executive orders. Soon there will be no more Nigerians or foreigners coming to born here oh. MAGA

Lucas and PDPGuy, warn your friends to have their babies in naija

Trump is the most entertaining president ever, believe me
As lucasbalo pointed out, it takes Congress and 38 states to ratify an amendment to the constitution. No executive order can upturn any word, let alone a clause, in the constitution.

A civil society group, Kingdom Human Rights Foundation International, has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission from recognising, accepting or listing President Muhammadu Buhari as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the forthcoming 2019 election.

The KHRFI, in a suit, which it filed on Monday, alleged that by virtue of section 91(9) of the Electoral Act, Buhari’s nomination as APC’s candidate is illegal, null and void for accepting a donation of N45m worth of APC’s nomination and expression of interest forms from a group named Nigerian Consolidation Ambassadors Network.

The plaintiff contended in the suit marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/1228/2018, that by virtue of section 91(9) of the Electoral Act, no individual or other entity can donate more than N1m to any candidate.

It added, however, that in violation of the said provision of the Electoral Act, Buhari on September 12, 2018 “submitted the illegally purchased presidential nomination form to the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress”.

The plaintiff, through its lawyer, Mr. Okere Nnamdi, sued Buhari, the Office of the President, the Attorney-General of the Federation, the APC and INEC as the 1st to the 5th defendants respectively.

An affidavit filed in support stated that the APC, relying on the “illegally purchased nomination form” the APC on October 6 and 7, 2018 held a National Convention in Abuja where Buhari emerged a consensus presidential candidate of the party.

It added, “That by virtue of section 91 (9) of the Electoral Act no individual or other entity shall donate more than one million naira (N1,000,000) to any candidate.

“That the Supreme Court of Nigeria has defined election in many cases as a process that begins with nomination and selection of a candidate for election by political parties.

https://punchng.com/n45m-donation-group-asks-court-to-stop-inec-from-recognising-buhari-as-apc-candidate/

olapluto:
The coach is typical European. He's going for agility and speed. I can bet Nnadozie will be 1st choice. More likely uchechi Sunday will start as our 9 ahead of oparanozie. His final 23 will be speedy players.

I’m not sure Uchechi Sunday is faster than Oparanozie

I'm curious as to why our female goalkeepers are rarely signed by foreign clubs?

If the WWC draws were to be held today, the seeded teams would be France, USA, Germany, England, Canada, and Australia.

BascoVanVeli:
Me and u both. I still get hot about that moment till this day.

VAR would have shown that the player touched the ball AFTER it had crossed the line.
That incident is a major reason why I want VAR and AARs at next year’s World Cup.

olapluto:
Who's going to be 1st choice?

I’m betting that Onyinyechi, because of her height (6ft), will get coach Dennerby’s nod as the starting GK.
These European coaches have a thing for tall players, particularly in defensive positions. We all remember how former SE coach, Berti Vogts, preferred Austin Ejide to Enyeama due to the fotmer’s height (Ejide is around 6’3”, Enyeama is barely taller than 5’11”)

To be fair, the coaches of the US, and Australia are calling for the use of VAR

BascoVanVeli:
Why would they use it? How then will they cheat our ladies?. I still get angry when I think about how they cheated us in 2014.

That disallowed goal at the U-20 WC still irks me, because Nigeria would have won that tournament if that goal wasn’t wrongly ruled offside in the 86th minute

As of today, VAR will not be used at the Women’s wold cup.

olapluto:
Our star attacker is a league winner
Our star defender is a league winner.

Both players played more than 70% of their team's matches. The coaches dont have a problem. In fact, we are much better than 2 years ago in Cameroon.
Which 3 keepers will make the final team? I think Alaba, Nnadozie and Oluehi.

I think the GK trio would be Nnadozie, Jonathan, and Onyinyechi.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday said it received nominations from 79 political parties for the 2019 presidential election and 6,352 for the National Assembly.

INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Abuja on update on the implementation of activities for the 2019 general elections.

The breakdown of the nominations for NASS according to Yakubu, is 1,856 nominations for the 109 Senate seats, and 4,496 nominations for the House of Representatives with 360 seats.

Answering questions on the Supreme Court judgment on the All Progressives Congress (APC) Rivers State chapter primaries, Yakubu said that INEC was still awaiting the full text of the judgment to determine its next action.

Also asked of update on INEC decision that APC Zamfara could not file in candidates for NASS elections, Yakubu said that the matter was still in three High Courts.

“However, INEC did not receive any submission from APC Zamfara state. I will not say more than that because the matter is still in court.’’

He said that three out of the outlined activities toward the 2019 general elections had been implemented starting with the publication of official notice for the elections.

These, according to him, include submission of list and personal particulars of candidates that emerged from party’s primaries for Presidential and National Assembly elections from Oct. 10 to Oct. 18.

Yakubu urged the general public to use the opportunity of the publication of the forms and particulars of the political parties’ nominated candidates at its offices across the nation, to raise their claims and objections.

He said that the publication was for citizens to ascertain the personal details of the candidates to enable them to take informed decisions on election day.

“Any person with reasonable ground to believe that any information on Form CF001 submitted by a candidate contains incorrect or false claims is at liberty to file an action against such candidate.

“This can be filed at the Federal High Court or the High Court of a state or the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

“The current exercise is limited to candidates for Presidential and National Assembly elections.

“That of personal particulars of those contesting in Governorship and State Assembly elections will be similarly published on Nov. 9, one week after the close of submission of nominations by political parties.’’

Yakubu also disclosed that the register of voters for each polling unit would be displayed at the units nationwide for one week from Nov.6 to Nov. 12 for claims and objections.

He said that the Commission had cleaned up the register, using the Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS).

He added that citizens were allowed to examine the register and exercise their civic duty by drawing the attention of INEC to the prevalence of any ineligible persons to further clean it up.

“The Commission will also appreciate the assistance of citizens in identifying deceased persons on the register so that such names can be annulled from our record.

“It is also an opportunity to correct misspellings of personal details such as names, age and gender.’’

Yakubu also disclosed that INEC recently received declaration of vacancies to conduct by-elections, following the election of two serving members of the House of Representatives as Senators in the by-elections conducted on Aug. 11.

“The Speaker has declared consequential vacancies in the Toro Federal Constituency in Bauchi State and the Kankia/Kusada/Ingawa Federal Constituency in Katsina State.

“Similarly, the Cross River State House of Assembly has declared vacancy in Ikom II State Constituency following the death of the member representing the Constituency. Consequently, the Commission will conduct by-elections in the three (3) constituencies.

“We have directed our Resident Electoral Commissioners in Bauchi, Katsina and Cross River State to convene stakeholders’ meetings immediately and prepare for the by-elections latest by Saturday Nov. 17.

“Detailed timetable and schedule of activities for the by-elections will be released on Tuesday next week.’’

Yakubu assured Nigerians that preparations for the 2019 General Elections were proceeding in earnest and according to the detailed timetable and schedule of activities released by the commission.

“It is exactly 112 days to the elections. We shall continue to faithfully and consistently implement the timetable and all activities.’’
https://www.nan.ng/politics/inec-receives-79-nominations-for-presidential-poll/

Thai curry for lunch

Abbeybailey:
It should be tense because so much is at stake. My wife voted last Friday but I will vote on the D Day. Go Team Blue and the House will go Blue.

#DemocraticHouse2019

Abbeybailey:
And we have some right wing nuts here foaming in the mouth that the Democrats are doing the bombing to help their chances on Nov 6. Have you voted yet ?. Waiting for Nov 6 to send the Republikkkans away.

I voted last week. Can't wait for election day. Its gonna be tense!!

Abbeybailey:
He's a big supporter of the racist Trump with Trampy MAGA stickers all over his truck. Purveyor of hate.

It just had to be a MAGA guy. I mean, the stickers on the van associated with him, is an obvious give away.

A man in his 50s, has been taken into custody in connection to the spate of mail-bombs

deomelo:
Don't you mean Atiku's looting and stealing Policy Document?



Anything sabi excite these village ipobs sha

Lol
It’s possible the document is really a policy one. Nigerians are waiting to judge, in-depth, the proposed solution to the economic crisis from both major parties.

She should be involved with the Nigerian gymnastics team for the 2020 Olympics.

Tiwa Savage is 38, Wizkid is 28.

Just goes to show that, sometimes, age is only a number. I wish them all the best with their romance

An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll has President Trump at 47% approval among Registered voters, and at 45% approval among Likely voters.

It's definitely not in the bag for Dems yet.

I seriously want SA to qualify for the world cup. Their years of organization and dedication to the women's game, on the continent should finally pay off. Yes, they've been to two Olympic Games, but that's a whole different experience from being at a World Cup.

My three African reps at the World Cup would be Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa.

It’s a fair draw for the Super Falcons. I expect no less than 7 points from the team in that group.
I also want the South Africans to be group runners-up and advance to the semis. From there, I’ll be willing SA to wualify for a first ever World Cup.

It’s somewhat surprising that, since he became president about 19 months ago, his approval rating amongst Republicans has hovered between 78%-90%.

To me, it appears that the Mueller investIgation, and some other gaffes and missteps by Trump, have barely shaken Republicans’ belief in him.

Here is the latest snapshot of Trump’s approval ratings by party ID

I really don’t understand why Coach Dennerby decided to invite 48 players to camp, for a tournament that is only three weeks away.

I expected him and his crew to have invited no less than 30-32 players, and gradually whittle them down to the final 21-woman squad. By now he should know, at least, 85% of the players that would make his final squad; as Rohr did with the SE before their own World Cup.

Barkley has done it!!