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To: adamsjas

"And this is written where?"


Senator Jacob Howard, co-author of the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, stated in 1866, "Every Person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons."

14th amendment was written to ensure freed blacks would be citizens.


21 posted on 11/26/2005 6:28:56 PM PST by adam_az (It's the border, stupid!)
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To: adam_az
“This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons."

Well he sort of forgot to put that part into the ammendment didn't he. I'm not sure you are going to be successful getting a "do over" thru the courts just because this man inserted somewhere the words "of course". Even in 1866, the language would have been obtuse at best.

As written, and as enforced since its inception, it has always meant that if you were born here you were a citizen. Its going to take a constitutional ammendment to get this changed.

22 posted on 11/26/2005 6:37:43 PM PST by adamsjas
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