[PugetSoundSoldier]

So who, born on US soil, is not subject to the jurisdiction of the US? Who, in fact, residing or visiting ANYWHERE within the boundaries of the United States, is not subject to the jurisdiction of the US?

Does Obama fall into that category? Was his father immune from the laws of the United States?

[omegadawn]

In the words of the Senator Howard(writer of the 14th.) ,children of foreigners,aliens, diplomats are not SUBJECTS OF THE JURISDICTION. As many liberals are doing now , you are assuming that the word subject meant the same thing now as it did at the time the 14 th. amendment was wrote. Subject at the time of the 14th. refered to the allegiance of the parents. Assuming obama was born in Hawaii he is a Native(partial alliegiance) born citizen( per U.S. Supreme court Wong Kim Ark). Any person in the U.S. (except diplomats) are subject( held responsible for) any crimes committed on U.S. soil , this does not make them subjects( citizens) of the U.S. Full allegiance is required for both parents to be considered Natural Born under Article 2 of the Constitution. A good example of how the meaning of words can change over time is the word gay This was a common word in the 1890's that meant being happy. if I used the modern useage for the word, then in the 1890's (refered to as the Gay Ninetys) everyone was homosexual at that time! American need to have a better understanding of the Constitution so that politicans can not be rewriting it all the time by misreading it.