Says who?
... and it was the definition that he clearly said was used by the framers.
He doesn't clearly say that at all. In fact, there is no documentation that I'm aware of on what definition the framers used when they crafted Article II.
Sorry, you don't like it, but he only picked one definition.
He didn't pick either definition, actually. Merely acknowledged both.
Says Justice Waite.
He doesn't clearly say that at all. In fact, there is no documentation that I'm aware of on what definition the framers used when they crafted Article II.
Justice Waite told us in the decision, "At common law, with the nomenclature of which the framers of the Constitution were familiar, ...
He didn't pick either definition, actually. Merely acknowledged both.
There's no both. "It is sufficient for everything we have now to consider that all children born of citizen parents within the jurisdiction are themselves citizens."