Showing posts with label Child Separation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Child Separation. Show all posts

Saturday, August 24, 2019

Bad Treatment of Children to Deter Refugees Conflicts with the Constitution’s Corruption of Blood Clause


Causing immigrant children to suffer to deter their parents does not violate the Corruption of Blood Clause, which concerns treason convictions:  “The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood . . .” (Art. III, Sec. 3, Cl. 2.).  The clause, however, yet bears on the permissibly of this administration tactic.