[DiogenesLamp]

Agreed. Among many things, Trump is fighting the anchor baby misinterpretation of the 14th. All the way to SCOTUS.

Do you think the 14th amendment is "badly written"?

There is a guy I regularly argue with who says it's fine just as it is.

[Resolute Conservative]

It was written a little vague but in 19th century who envisioned this invasion? But like the founding fathers the author of the 14th left a detailed paper what his intent was at composition of the 14th (think Federalist Papers). Just interpret it the way he said he wrote it, simple.

[Tell It Right]

I don’t think the 14h is badly written. I think it’s well written for the era it was written in (a century and a half ago). I think it’d be unrealistic for us to expect the amendment writers to write them in such a way that it would account for all of the ways words could be misapplied a century later with all the ideas future leftists can dream up given enough time.

Put another way, the onus isn’t on right minded people to state something in a way that no one would ever later try to use creeping leftism against . The onus is on the leftists to justify to the rest of us why babies born to people obviously under other nations’ jurisdiction (as per the word meant a century and a half ago) are not under their jurisdiction now.

Put another way. California is looking at taxing people who have long left the state. Any leftist who supports that would be saying the person is still under California’s jurisdiction even after moving out of California.