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GLAUDE JR.: "So, yes, I am breathing a sigh of relief, but I want us to kind of widen the aperture a bit to understand the origins, the provenance of this challenge. It’s part of this ongoing effort, I think, to address the demographic shifts in the country. I think it’s part of this longstanding effort since the 14th Amendment was ratified, to undermine it. We need to understand that this particular — the birthright citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment is addressing the 1857 Dred Scott case. Charles alluded to this earlier. So we need to understand the ways in which these arguments are in some ways aligning with a particular vision of the country that we need to make explicit. That is to say that there are folks who are doubling down on the idea that this country must be a white republic, and they’re doing it by every — by any means necessary. They are trying to achieve that end by any means necessary. But, you know, through a narrow decision, the Constitution stands, but we need to still be mindful of the motivation that is driving all of this in the first place, it seems to me. And Kavanaugh is at the heart — he's answered that part of it."
