In my own limited understanding of the fourteenth Amendment, it was, in part to insure that the children of freed slaves would automatically be US citizens. Originalists often refer to "original intent" to mean, "what motivated the Founding Fathers to do this or that?" At the risk of oversimplifying, could we not say, "What was the intent of the Fourteenth Amendment." Answer - to make slaves citizens. The intent was not to allow wealthy Russian or Chinese women, or lesser endowed women from Central America, to take a Miami Beach vacation, go to the beach, have a baby, and become an American citizen. I recall a Russian woman on a "birthright Vacation," saying something to the effect that $30,000 isn't much to pay for freedom."
Didn’t a District Judge just issue another universal injunction against Trump’s birthright citizenship order. Based on a class action made up of *checks notes* people who have not been born yet?
I could be mistaken, as I am going off memory of something reported recently.
Yep—New Hampshire! That’s going to be a funny one: if unborn babies are not yet people entitled to the most fundamental/natural right ever, the right to life (which many on the Left do agree on) . . . it’s going to be very difficult to argue that these unborn babies are nonetheless “people enough” for the much less natural/fundamental right to get a mere citizenship designation (which is what many on the Left are hoping will come of this case). I’m honestly looking forward to reading the argument that tries to make that case!
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In my own limited understanding of the fourteenth Amendment, it was, in part to insure that the children of freed slaves would automatically be US citizens. Originalists often refer to "original intent" to mean, "what motivated the Founding Fathers to do this or that?" At the risk of oversimplifying, could we not say, "What was the intent of the Fourteenth Amendment." Answer - to make slaves citizens. The intent was not to allow wealthy Russian or Chinese women, or lesser endowed women from Central America, to take a Miami Beach vacation, go to the beach, have a baby, and become an American citizen. I recall a Russian woman on a "birthright Vacation," saying something to the effect that $30,000 isn't much to pay for freedom."
Didn’t a District Judge just issue another universal injunction against Trump’s birthright citizenship order. Based on a class action made up of *checks notes* people who have not been born yet?
I could be mistaken, as I am going off memory of something reported recently.
Yep—New Hampshire! That’s going to be a funny one: if unborn babies are not yet people entitled to the most fundamental/natural right ever, the right to life (which many on the Left do agree on) . . . it’s going to be very difficult to argue that these unborn babies are nonetheless “people enough” for the much less natural/fundamental right to get a mere citizenship designation (which is what many on the Left are hoping will come of this case). I’m honestly looking forward to reading the argument that tries to make that case!
Thanks so much for reading Tim! We have been having issues with the substack platform suppressing our content and views, and deleting our subscribers, so we really appreciate hearing from you :) if you know anyone who might enjoy this one, please help get it out there and share it!!
What exactly is going on with that suppression??? My notes, along with their images, used to appear regularly on that banner across the top. But not anymore, or at least not for long. Maybe DM to me.