And there, in a nut shell, is where we differ.
So did the Wong Kim Ark Court!
And the courts are never wrong, right? (43)
Then to sum it up, when you are out there pretending to know what you are talking about, just cut out all the BeeEss and tell people this:
My name is Philman36.
I do not think that the 14th Amendment applies to anybody but former slaves.
Even though the language of the 14th Amendment reads “All Persons.”
I believe this even though the Supreme Court and other courts say that it applies to all persons born in this country regardless of race.
This is because I do not like the Wong Kim Ark decision which explained that the 14th Amendment was declarative of the 500 year old common law - that people born inside England or the United States were natural born citizens, except for two or three special cases. I don’t like all that old law either.
While I will pretend to read legal cases and present all sorts of various legal theories, that is all just a smokescreen, because I don’t base my belief system on any of that stuff.
My beliefs are just plain based on my opinion about what I like and what I don’t like.
See, if you do that, then you can be honest, and most people can still think that you are nutz, but they can at least respect you for being an upfront and honest nut.
Personally, I have really enjoyed talking with you. It is rare that I can just sit and discuss things with a bona fide legal crank.
I am extremely interested in the underlying mental functioning of people like you, who live in their own special little Universe. Whatever the mental problem is, whether a form of Narcissistic Personality Disorder or a special place there somewhere on the Autism spectrum, whatever it is, I think that it is growing among the American Population. Maybe it is some sort of Collective Subconscious Stress Disorder, or maybe it is a chemical in our food or water or atmosphere. Maybe it is a reaction to much information input from the media.
Whatever it is, more and more, people seem to live in their own Reality apart from the actual reality of things. Birthers, Flat Earthers, Sovereign Citizens and transexuals, who truly believe that Women have penises, - people are retreating back into their own heads.
I truly wish you the best. You have your hands full, facing the world with only part of your brain functioning in a normal fashion, and I am truly impressed that you have managed to make it this far (60 years!)
Good luck!
Penelope Dreadful