[Mr. K]

The Constution says:

“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States"

The Supreme Court changed it to:

“All persons born or naturalized in the United States , and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States"

[Regulator]

Succinct summary of how Roberts changed the Constitution.

[Wallace T.]

The Fourteenth Amendment was poorly written. Anyone who resides in the United States, foreign diplomats excepted, is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. The intent was clearly to protect the recently freed slaves from being treated as noncitizens by the former Confederate states. The Supreme Court in 2026 followed the precedent in Elk v. Wilkins (1884), where the Supreme Court interpreted the Citizenship Clause as granting birthright citizenship to all born within the jurisdiction of the United States.

Without three more originalists on the Supreme Court, who will interpret the Constitution by the intent of the authors, this ruling will stand.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

The Supreme Court changed it to: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States , and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States"

No, they didn't read "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" completely out of the 14th. They expressly said that babies born to persons with diplomatic immunity and not subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. are not entitled to citizenship.

The Amendment was badly drafted. I personally leaned towards Kavanaugh's view that it should be up to Congress, but the reading the majority gave it is consistent with the literal words of the Amendment.