Okay, let me look (looks up) Yep, it's still there.
I was hoping that you were an honest man of your word rather than a troll.
I guess not, since I'm the only one who provided support for what he thinks.
I was assuming that the people interested knew how to internet search and would do so if they wanted to follow up.
But you are right. I should have posted something here fort hose who do not have the skills or do not have the time for searches.
Original Intent Treatise - 14th Amendment Clarified
Original Intent Treatise - Constitutions
Original Intent Treatise - Constitutions
...all of them? That seems...unlikely given how it's been understood for many years now. and the people quoted in the link I provided.
It has indeed been understood wrongly for many years now - ever since liberals have dishonestly pursued this agenda (and other figments of liberal thought like so called "abortion rights" as well) in the court of public opinion.
The article you provided itself admits that the understanding as currently practiced is a “century-old interpretation of the 14th Amendment” and not the original intent of the amendment.
The article very quickly falls back on typical liberal emotional charges of “
xenophobia”, No surprise there.
It also inadvertently lays out the chief difference in their approach to the subject between conservative thinkers and knee jerk liberals when it says:
“The arguments made in favor of ending birthright citizenship are arguments about the text of the Constitution, American history, and the rule of law — a comfortable register for elite conservative thinkers to speak in. But its urgency as an issue relies on fears about irreversible cultural change — that continuing to grant birthright citizenship will result in the loss of something irreducibly American. That’s exactly the undercurrent that the left associates with restrictionism itself — and makes liberals especially attuned to any attack on birthright citizenship, even as the issue makes conservatives wary.”
The article you provided include no statements related to original intend. The quotes provided are from some time after the writing and adoption of the amendment. For instance:
“At first, the Supreme Court interpreted the citizenship clause narrowly; in 1873, for example, it clarified that it did not apply to children of “citizens or subjects of foreign States” and include comments about the even later 1894 Wong Kim decision (where the parents of the plaintiff were U.S. citizens not illegal aliens as the situation we encounter now in the U.S.
The article even clearly admits and states that “The Supreme Court hasn’t explicitly ruled that the children of unauthorized immigrants are US citizens.”
Interestingly the article says “Looking to historical texts, in the originalist tradition, isn’t terribly helpful because Congress appears to have been split on what “jurisdiction” meant.” I would remind you that the opinion of any current congress has no bearing on the situation since the opinion of the Constitutionally separate Supreme Court is what matters in this situation.
In the article - they make the bold statement that, “Even if the Supreme Court has never explicitly said that US-born children of unauthorized immigrants are birthright citizens, they currently
are — they’re covered by extension by the precedent in
Wong Kim Ark.” I would remind them of the obvious point that Wong Kim Ark was not the offspring of illegal non citizens of the United States and has no bearing on the situation we are currently facing.
Well – enough of this. The article you refer to is there for all to carve and digest if they want to.
I’ll just state again the obvious fact that liberals must fall back to ad hominem attacks and emotional appeal and are sorely lacking when the conversation touches on “original intent” should be the deliberation of any Supreme court decision.
That’s all I have time for now. I’ll leave you to the last word if you must (even though you promised before that the posting of the article you provided would be your last word and backed out on that).
I’m hoping that those with a truly open mind and an interest in the subject will pursue this subject for themselves.