[Ghotier]

The Supreme Court that decided this issue in 1899 was entirely appointed by Republicans, and they found against your reading. “Not under the jurisdiction of the US” means diplomats’ kids under immunity and nobody else.

You’re wanting A to read B because you like B better. A is correct.

[tacticalogic]

Since when does "appointed by Repubicans" automatically equal "conservative", or make their jurisprudence above question?

I asked you a question, not them. Do you know enough about what you are talking about to form and express a cogent answer to that question, in your own words?

[tacticalogic]

“Not under the jurisdiction of the US” means diplomats’ kids under immunity and nobody else.

How did "being under the jurisdiction" of the US become a grant of citizenship?