[DiogenesLamp]

That is true. However, the key word is “jurisdiction”. An American Airman whose British wife gives birth in a London hospital to baby boy - the boy is subject to the jurisdiction of the US, therefore a citizen at birth, therefore making him nbC.

My better argument is to include what the Supreme court said BEFORE that quote I excerpted.

Every person born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, becomes at once a citizen of the United States, and needs no naturalization. A person born out of the jurisdiction of the United States can only become a citizen by being naturalized, ...

I read it as the Supreme court declaring that "Jurisdiction" means within the actual borders.

[Perdogg]

You are trying to redefine the word “jurisdiction”. Nice try though. Does the US Govt have Jurisdiction over soldiers in battle in Afghanistan or Korea or Germany?