What an arrogant idiot. Intent has EVERYTHING to do with interpretation. As far as the Chinese, take that up with China & the US Govt who signed the agreement disallowing US citizenship to the Chinese & their offspring born in the US and I might add, that the US Congress agreed to.
Justice Joseph Story (1833) Rules of Constitutional Interpretation
http://www.belcherfoundation.org/joseph_story_on_rules_of_constitutional_interpretation.htm
§ 181. I. The first and fundamental rule in the interpretation of all instruments is, to construe them according to the sense of the terms, and the intention of the parties.
Does it? The Founders didn’t intend for the Commerce Clause to be perverted the way it has been. Look what’s happened. That’s what you get when you aren’t clear enough. Contrast this with the 14th, where the text speaks for itself. If you’re born here then you’re a citizen.
“What an arrogant idiot. Intent has EVERYTHING to do with interpretation”
Oh, really? Did you read your own quote? Because something comes before intent:
“The first and fundamental rule in the interpretation of all instruments is, to construe them according to THE SENSE OF THE TERMS” [caps added]
The plain meaning of the language trumps an incorrect contemporary explanation.