Either we are all citizens of the United States or we are not.
The judges are fooling themselves if they think they can pick and choose which inalienable GOD given Rights apply and which do not.
And if that is the decision lies solely in the hands of the state then why have the U.S. Supreme Court decide.
Why not the state.
We constantly argue that the original intent is critical to interpreting the Constitution and, in that light, the Fourteenth was not intended to be used as widely as it has since adopted.
I am not aware that this amendment was intended to do more than assure the Freedmen were not to be denied their legitimate rights as citizens by state law.
If we expand its scope beyond its intent are we not on a slippery slope? It has already been used to claim that children born of illegal alien parents within the US are US citizens. That was never its intent, either.
As the constitution was designed most domestic law impacting citizens was to be under state jurisidiction. It never intended to deny states the right to write law respecting firearms or arms in general.
Do we really want to encourage expanded federal law making under the aegis of the Fourteenth amendment?