Posted on 08/08/2010 4:45:00 PM PDT by dynachrome
“Every Person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons.”
Senator Jacob Howard,
co-author of the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, 1866.
True, a Constitutional Convention woudl be very dangerous, IMHO, but a single amendment would work. Hard to get thru, though, which is proper.
I understand the original intent; but that doesn’t change the danger in tampering w/ the constitution.
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