When you make your argument about your debating opponent, you are losing.What I said was that the 14th amendment was "ratified" by puppet governments, in a manner completely contrary to the founders/framers design of "consent of the governed."
Are the words of 14A Section 1 the law of the land? It is a yes or no question.
It is the defacto law of the land, but not the legitimate ratified law of the land.