it’s a mystery because there has been no SCOTUS decision forcing that bastardization of the 14th Amendment:
‘The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States.”
‘At the time the amendment was approved, the author of the clause, Sen. Jacob M. Howard, said the phrase relating to jurisdiction meant, “This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners ... .”
‘In subsequent years, the courts invalidated the assurances of Howard; at this stage, an amendment to the Constitution seems the only means available to change the law....
http://www.cairco.org/issues/change-us-law-anchor-babies
needs one more run to the USSC
Yup. The authors of the 14th were crystal clear. Children born to foreign nationals whether here legally or illegally are not U.S. citizens.
The courts don’t have the power of naturalization. So how are they handing out birth certificates to anchor babies?
‘Someone needs to hang from a lamppost, ben’