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Democrats love screaming ‘14th Amendment guarantees birthright citizenship to everyone born here!’
X ^ | 3/31/2026 | A Gene Robinson

Posted on 04/01/2026 5:29:33 AM PDT by JayGalt

Democrats love screaming ‘14th Amendment guarantees birthright citizenship to everyone born here!’..

But look what the actual author of the Citizenship Clause, Senator Jacob Howard (R-MI), said in 1866:

‘This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers… but will include every other class of persons.’

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; anchorbabies; birthrighttruth; citizen; commies; constitution; democrats; election; illegaltruth; originalism

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Senator Jacob Howard (R-MI) - the guy who introduced the language - made it crystal clear: Not automatic citizenship for children of foreigners/aliens.

‘Subject to the jurisdiction thereof’ wasn’t filler. They tried to bury this history.
We just dug it up.
Read the original Congressional Globe debate for yourself. The Constitution isn’t a suicide pact.

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1 posted on 04/01/2026 5:29:33 AM PDT by JayGalt
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To: JayGalt

The issue is accessed through Congressional library: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30867/m1/12/zoom/?resolution=1.4322624058656108&lat=2775.606289870695&lon=758.0914443181213


2 posted on 04/01/2026 5:36:02 AM PDT by JayGalt (If you give into blackmail, the blackmail never stops)
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To: JayGalt

Ping


3 posted on 04/01/2026 5:40:16 AM PDT by BHI2025
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To: JayGalt

“...This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners...”

100% proof that Kamala Harris is NOT a true American citizen. Both her parents were foreigners (father from Jamaica and mother from India). Neither parent was an American citizen when Kamala was plopped out of her mothers womb. Harris is a filthy anchor baby. Not American in the slightest. /spit


4 posted on 04/01/2026 5:41:24 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: JayGalt
And yet, without birthright citizenship, the UK has an even bigger "migrant" problem.

Winning this battle does not end the war.

5 posted on 04/01/2026 5:42:30 AM PDT by Salman (I spell "Sodomy" with a capital-S because it is the name of a religion. )
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To: JayGalt

Maybe he should have written it that way. Ha Ha.


6 posted on 04/01/2026 5:47:36 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: JayGalt
Apologies for my lack of words, but had to look up "desiduratum"..









7 posted on 04/01/2026 5:47:50 AM PDT by Bikkuri (Whomever thought China and India were ever going to be serious allies hasn’t been paying attention..)
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To: JayGalt

Even worse, I should have said, “lack of vocabulary”.. lol.


8 posted on 04/01/2026 5:48:37 AM PDT by Bikkuri (Whomever thought China and India were ever going to be serious allies hasn’t been paying attention..)
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To: Flavious_Maximus

Nor is OBunghole...


9 posted on 04/01/2026 5:49:05 AM PDT by Bikkuri (Whomever thought China and India were ever going to be serious allies hasn’t been paying attention..)
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To: JayGalt

They don’t care, will to power is all that matters to them. Birthright citizenship for illegal aliens or foreign nationals is a legal fiction, a fairy tale. But it’s also moot point. Whattaya gonna do about it?

The court can ignore black letter law. Whatttaya gonna do about it? The court also held that millions of illegal aliens must receive a free tax payer funded education in “public” schools.

It’s all nonsense, but that hasn’t stopped them. What are Americans prepared to do to stop them? Congress has been worse than useless.


10 posted on 04/01/2026 5:50:45 AM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: BHI2025

… and subject to the jurisdiction of the thereof.


11 posted on 04/01/2026 5:53:17 AM PDT by ReganFan4ever (Jesus saves, Moses invests.)
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To: Flavious_Maximus

If the enactors had been told that what the proposed amendment included children of tourists, invaders, or sneak-ins, it most certainly would not have been approved. That’ll wanted to know.


12 posted on 04/01/2026 5:57:18 AM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: JayGalt

Be nice if this was presented to the SCOTUS during arguments.


13 posted on 04/01/2026 6:02:33 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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The elites want the great replacement so I really doubt the court will go along with Trump even though objectively the amendment was created just for the children of freed slaves.
We should end all immigration and ban pregnant women from traveling to America for security reasons (it’s an invasion by hostile foreign powers)


14 posted on 04/01/2026 6:08:25 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: Bikkuri

A new one for me, too.


15 posted on 04/01/2026 6:10:07 AM PDT by drwoof
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To: Resolute Conservative

The Catholic “SCOTUS” has been given literally hundreds of examples of precisely what the bird brained Jacob Howard meant with his poorly worded babblespeak of an amendment that basically obliterated the nation back in 1868.

They will completely ignore it and desperately try to dodge the entire question because of the firestorm they will create if they pick a side.


16 posted on 04/01/2026 6:10:45 AM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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I aquoted & forwarded it to everyone I could think of: Rubio, Stephen Miller, Harmeet Dhillon. The original post has been liked 6K and forwarded 3K.


17 posted on 04/01/2026 6:13:19 AM PDT by JayGalt (If you give into blackmail, the blackmail never stops)
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To: Flavious_Maximus

What about Obama? One parent, his mother, was a US citizen, but his father clearly was not a US citizen.


18 posted on 04/01/2026 6:21:39 AM PDT by astounded (The democrat party is a clear and present danger to the USA)
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To: JayGalt

“‘This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers… but will include every other class of persons.’”

That can easily be interpreted that it only excludes children of foreign diplomats,” but will included all other classes of people “


19 posted on 04/01/2026 6:25:38 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Freedom4US

They don’t care, will to power is all that matters to them. Birthright citizenship for illegal aliens or foreign nationals is a legal fiction, a fairy tale. But it’s also moot point. Whattaya gonna do about it?

The court can ignore black letter law. Whatttaya gonna do about it? The court also held that millions of illegal aliens must receive a free tax payer funded education in “public” schools.

It’s all nonsense, but that hasn’t stopped them. What are Americans prepared to do to stop them? Congress has been worse than useless.

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Rule of law is already dead. Remember the SC’s ruling on Obama care? Didn’t make a lick of sene but in the end, it didn’t matter. And what did we do about it? Not a damn thing. And when this goes the same way? We’ll bitch and moan. Type out really harshly worded posts on insta and here about how we are Americans……..and then we’ll VOTE HARDER. Our side isn’t prepared to do a damn thing to stop what is going on other than complaining online.


20 posted on 04/01/2026 6:26:53 AM PDT by hillarys cankles
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