Monday, May 12, 2025

Op-ed:
Citizenship: The Cornerstone of Our Republic
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots / Right Side Patriots Radio 
The article posted here is the authors opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google

During his 2024 presidential campaign, then presidential candidate Donald J. Trump did promise that if elected he would, on “day one,” start setting into motion the largest deportation of illegal aliens in U.S. history, as in criminal folks still trying to cross our border illegally as well as those already illegally residing in our country. Thankfully, not only was Trump elected president but the promise he made was kept and continues to be kept to this day.

Score one for now President Trump, his agenda, and of course the MAGA movement.

So as pride in our beloved America continues to grow...as American exceptionalism reemerges thanks in part to this one man...we must not become complacent as to Trump's accomplishments for the 2026 mid-term elections are not as far off as one might think. And with the House being especially vulnerable to a possible switch in party control due to Republicans currently holding but a slim majority of seats, we must make sure that Trump's much needed “election reforms” do become law before said elections take place. Why so...because if we lose the House, and even if we were to hold the Senate, all MAGA stands for could well become but a memory of what could have been accomplished if only more folks had been paying attention.

But our president knows well how critical the midterm elections are, and he has been trying to get laws passed to help assure that our elections are not only free, fair, and most especially honest so that “We the People”...as in the sum of we “American citizens”...have no doubt that all our votes have been properly counted and tabulated minus what is now being referred to as “illegal dilution”...as in the great number of people who have been voting all along...especially in “blue” states...yet people who have no legal right to do so.

In fact, the blame for this “illegal dilution” falls not just on the federal level, but on the state and local levels as well. Why so...because a long held system of “checks and balances” has existed in every state for quite some time, and yet in many “blue” states and cities said system is simply being ignored, but then again so too is the Constitution's own words regarding whom exactly can vote...as in those deemed to be United States “citizens.” And know that the 14th Amendment clearly states in Section 1 that, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

Simply, “citizens” is the key operative word in regards to voting as there's no mention; at all, in the Constitution of “illegals” or “non-citizens” being given the right to vote. And yet we all know that many do vote in certain parts of our country, because “leftist” judges and “bleeding heart” Democrat elected officials seem to be working in tandem to not only help those illegally crossing our border to do so...including amongst them thugs, thieves, drug mules, gang members, child molesters, rapists, murderers, and terrorists...but they also help to keep illegals safe from Trump's now ongoing and rightful deportations. And how do they accomplish this task...by “blanketing” those who are but criminal invaders under the Constitution's already existing words “due process” and “fundamental rights”...voting laws be damned.

So while our Constitution's 14th Amendment does indeed protect, on the federal level, what is known as “due process rights”...“rights” which ensure that no one can be deprived of “life, liberty, or property” without due process of law....basically what the words “due process” means to Democrats in regards to voting rights is that the government must follow what is known as “fair procedures and rules”* before disallowing an individual or a specific group of individuals the right to vote in a federal election. In other words, most Democrats and leftist judges want the Constitutionally deemed word “citizens” to be taken out of the voting mix so that future elections could become a Democrat “free for all” voting scenario. But try as the Democrats may, the 14th Amendment also has a few things to say about that as well.

And while, unfortunately, it is common knowledge that illegal voting...especially when considering the numbers now involved...has already influenced the outcome of many state and local elections...especially in “blue” what were once “ purple states”...in this political discourse all other words, while important, do now become secondary to the Constitution's key word, “citizens.” Why so...simply because it alone, as per the words of our “Founders and Framers,” not only protects we American “citizens” along with our actual right to vote, but its principal and intent also guards against what is now the rightfully deemed aforementioned “dilution by illegal voting.” And the fault here again lies within all branches of government...federal, state, and local level governments...however, said “dilution” most assuredly starts with the top tier elections and filters down from there.

How so...here's but one example that's being completely ignored, for the fact is that existing Federal election requirements...which includes the establishing of a uniform “Election Day”...already prohibits States from counting ballots received after “Election Day” because these are the ballots where most of the “illegal dilution” usually takes place...as well as prohibiting “foreign nationals”...aka “non-citizens”...from registering to vote in any national election. Don't believe me...see the law for yourself in both Federal law 2 U.S.C. 7 and 3 U.S.C. 1. and 18 U.S.C. 1015 and 611 as written as per the rulings of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit regarding the Republican National Committee v. Wetzel (2024).**

So if “settled law” has already been established with “precedence” set as to who can and cannot vote in our elections, why has this, what is fact, not just been ignored, but sees“blue” state governors and “blue” state elected officials not even being called to task for their allowing ballots received after Election Day to continue to be counted...ballots mailed in more times than not by those who should not be voting in the first place. In fact, the 14th amendment also authorizes the federal government to “punish states” that try to either take away, curtail, or stall...with stalling election results now being all too commonplace... a U.S.“citizen's” right to have their vote counted with results tallied and revealed in a timely, fair, and above all else legal manner.

And that brings us back full circle to the Constitution's five key words,“Citizens of the United States”...it cannot be said any clearer, more directly, truthfully or consistently than that, and for both liberal activist judges and elected officials to deny those five words is to deny the Constitution itself...the very document they took an oath to protect and defend. And by their doing so these folks, in my opinion, willingly and with malice intended choose to not only “aid and abet” those breaking our laws, but also took it upon themselves to do any and everything possible...legally or otherwise...to not only corrupt but to redefine the Constitution's words to help push forth their anti-American agenda, as well as to keep their anti-Trump political “witch hunt” ongoing.

Simply, “divert and deflect” the issues at hand has become the obstacles thrown in both Trump's and the laws path...“settled law” included...to not only help keep but “up the numbers” of those illegally voting, with the hope that declining Democrat party numbers will at least start to reverse.

Remember, these current slew of liberal activist judges trying to remove the word “citizen(s)” from the voting discourse are, for the most part, Obama and Democrat party loyalists who are resurrecting, if you will, the meaning behind the words stated by Barack Obama back when he was president...the words where he implied that our Constitution was an “outdated document” no longer appropriate for “modern times.” And so with his now infamous words that,“We can no longer rely on a rule book made a few centuries ago,” it can clearly be seen that the fair and honest voting laws President Trump is trying to enact...laws regarding only “citizens” being able to vote as per the Constitution...are laws which could permanently derail Obama's still to this day hoped for “fundamental transformation of America.”

And so it was and remains Obama's own words that, I do believe, laid the very foundation upon which these liberal judges are actually not just trying to usurp President Trump's Constitutionally given presidential powers...most especially those regarding voting laws...but that they are using Obama's words as the means and conduit by which to help assure that every individual of voting age residing in our country today...no matter their legal citizenship status...is allowed to vote. Why so...as in a last desperate attempt to help Obama's socialist driven “transformation of America” not only reach fruition, but across the board implementation as well.

Simply, the above stated is why not only must Trump's March 25th signed executive order to overhaul U.S. federal elections...including voters having to show proof of “citizenship” before voting in the 2026 midterm elections...but why the Constitution's word “citizens” remains one of the most important words...after “We the People” of course...in the very document Obama arrogantly dared to call but a “rule book.”

So as I write this, President Trump's “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections“ executive order seems to be facing court challenges and delays revolving around the all-important word “citizens”...meaning the Constitution's stated words, as written, continue to be challenged by liberal judges with a decidedly anti-America/anti-Trump agenda. Better to them to make a mockery of the Constitution...one of the greatest documents to freedom ever written...then it is for them to abide by its words.

And while our “Founders and Framers” did design our Constitution in order to “establish a more perfect union, ensure justice, promote domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote general welfare, and to secure liberty,” they also made it very clear that being an “American citizen” was not just needed in establishing a government based upon both “popular sovereignty” and the “consent of the governed,” but that “citizenship” itself was to be an integral part of who were are as a nation.

In fact, these learned gentlemen viewed “citizenship” as the cornerstone in which ultimate power would reside, as in “We American Citizens”...while at the same time protecting individual liberties, ensuring equal treatment under the law, and encouraging what they referred to as “active civic engagement.” And it's the sum of these individual parts that our “Founders and Framers” deemed an inherent component of being a U.S. “citizen.” Simply, “citizenship” itself was the very cornerstone of this new nation they helped to create, and in his standing strong for we “citizens”...and specifically only “citizens” being allowed to vote...President Donald J. Trump honors the rule of law that is our Constitution while activist judges and Democrat politicians continue to deem her as but an “outdated document” that needs an infusion of illegal alien blood...and that is the saddest, and most traitorous act of all. Case closed. ___________________________________________________________

 Footnotes

* “Fair procedures and rules” help to ensure a “just process” is in place when decisions affecting someone's rights or interests are in play. These rules include, but are not limited to, providing adequate notice, a fair hearing with the right to respond, and an unbiased decision-making process.

** The Republican National Committee v. Wetzel (2024) is the case involving a challenge to a Mississippi statute that allows absentee ballots to be received up to five days after the federal Election Day. 

Copyright © 2025 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All rights reserved.

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