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(Oct. 26, 2025) — INTRODUCTION Well, well, well… some sanity and rational thought may at last be seeping into the question and analysis of the so-called “birthright citizenship” issue under the 14th Amendment. As discussed by your humble servant earlier this year here, the 14th Amendment birthright citizenship issue is different, but closely related, to the “natural born Citizen” (“nbC”) issue under Art. 2, § 1, Cl. 5, the Constitution’s “Eligibility Clause.” Because that which follows may become convoluted, readers may wish to keep a supply of their favorite caffeinated beverage nearby. As a preliminary matter, that clause, of course,...

(Dec. 9, 2024) — On Sunday’s “The Big Weekend Show” on the Fox News Channel at 7:00 p.m. EST, co-hosts Dr. Nicole Saphier, Anita Vogel, Jason Chaffetz and Johnny Joey Jones reacted to President-Elect Donald J. Trump’s lengthy interview with Kristen Welker of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” particularly regarding his comments on abolishing the automatic awarding of U.S. citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil. The decades-long practice appears to have arisen from the 14th Amendment ratified in 1868, the pertinent section of which reads: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,...

(Aug. 9, 2024) — First, let us put on our thinking hat and do some simple grammatical analysis of the two terms ‘Citizen at Birth’ (“CAB”) and ‘natural born Citizen’ (“nbC”). The first term, “CAB”, tells the reader simply WHEN the person became a Citizen, i.e., at birth. The second term, “nbC”, tells the reader two things, i.e., WHEN the person became a Citizen, i.e., when born, and also HOW they became a Citizen, i.e., by what type of law the person became a Citizen –- Man-made laws, acts, treaties, amendments, Positive Law(s), or the Law(s) of Nature, Natural Law....