Agreed. Excellent point. One which I felt would come up in further discussion, if any.
Now...a definition seems to be in order. Which definition would fit the 14th?
Jurisdiction: Noun
- The official power to make legal decisions and judgments.
"federal courts had no jurisdiction over the case"
- the extent of the power to make legal decisions and judgments.
"the claim will be within the jurisdiction of the industrial tribunal"
- a system of law courts; a judicature.
"in some jurisdictions there is a mandatory death sentence for murder"
- the territory or sphere of activity over which the legal authority of a court or other institution extends.
The way I interpret the 14th, the last example seems the most appropriate given that the Constitution was a pact between the geographically dispersed states that existed at the time and formed the Unites States of America.
Agreed.
Anchor babies are subject to the
jurisdiction of the countries
of their parents.
This is going to have to be settled
by SCOTUS, as the amendment has been
misinterpreted for quite some time.
This subject is a touchy one for Trump
with him trying to prove Obama was not
a US citizen. The media forced the
focus on where he was born, and not
who he was born to. (A father who was
a British subject).
Under the correct interpretation, Kamala
Harris is ineligible to run for POTUS.