To: Waryone
In fact the only people given citizenship due to birthright were black slaves through the fourteenth amendmentThe Fourteenth Amendment does not restrict its application to black slaves, but makes it clear that it applies to persons born in the United States.
38 posted on
11/30/2007 6:58:18 PM PST by
wideawake
(Why is it that so many self-proclaimed "Constitutionalists" know so little about the Constitution?)
To: wideawake
I have read and posted the fourteenth Amendment many times. I actually know what it says and I know what those actually who wrote the amendment have to say about it and why the amendment itself was amended before ratification in order to apply to precisely the proper people.
If you can, please point out specifically where you think it applies to anyone born in the United States.
47 posted on
11/30/2007 7:33:50 PM PST by
Waryone
(Constantly amazed by society's downhill slide.)
To: wideawake
The Fourteenth Amendment does not restrict its application to black slaves, but makes it clear that it applies to persons born in the United States.
You stopped short in that definition. Persons born in the US whose parents are subject to our jurisdiction. Illegals are still citizens of another country.
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