As I noted to someone else recently - please don't cast disagreement as ignorance.
I didn't, I asked because the east you're taking about the facts seemed to indicate that you might not know and I wanted to eliminate that as an issue.
I know what the case is about. Let us recognize that the stated legal reasons may well be justifications or rationalizations of what is basically a racist intent.
Trivial. That something is possible is not an indication that something obtains in a specific case. This is a non argument.
Note also that what I said was that *someone* in there is likely being a racist twit - I didn't specify who.
So? What does this have to do with the price of tea in China? No one claimed you did.
The fact that it is in Texas, which has a recent history of issues, is suggestive, but not material.
Then why mention it, if not to be prejudicial?
The fact that what's going on disproportionately impacts non-Caucasians is material to considering it racist.
Finally, a point! That is true, but it's not sufficient for racism. Well, its not true because most Hispanics are Caucasians, but I get the drift.
What I get here is a bunch of not reasons and one actual reason for you to label this as racism.
Very simply - this case shouldn't have been necessary. The kids were born on US soil. To my understanding, nobody in the case questions that statement of fact. That makes the kids citizens, no matter what the status of the parents may be. Therefore, details of the parent's documentation, or lack thereof, should not be an issue in whether the kid is recognized as a citizen, and thus eligible to receive services like any other citizen. Any government policy that gets in the way of that recognition is likely a violation of the equal protection clause.
I'm sorry, but the above makes it seem as if you don't know the particulars of the case. Perhaps you misspoke, or in haste and enthusiasm brought in issues not covered, but this case has nothing to do with children being born in the US being denied citizenship. That hasn't happened in any of the cases brought before the court on this issue. This case is about the ability to get a copy of the birth certificate after the fact (allof the children in this case have birth certificates) and the state of Texas refusing to accept certain forms of identification to verify the parents have the legal right to obtain a copy. Those rules are in accordance with FBI standards and are not arbitrary or targeted towards anyone. Yes, it means that illegals will have more difficulty, but that applies to all illegals, not just Hispanic ones. So the state is following accepted guidelines for their law and is in concert with federal law enforcement on those standards. Hardly a racist thing.
The judge has grave concerns about the impact on rights of the plaintiffs, and rightly so. However, given the extensive evidence backing the state on where their rules come from and that the state has a compelling interest to protect vital identification documents, he ruled that the plaintiffs had not met the high burden of proof necessary for injunctive relief. That is also not racist.
Essentially, your argument boils down to: it's Texas, and we all know how they are. That's offensive and stereotypical.
