Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: kabar

We don’t need to change anything, we just need to actually follow it

“subject to the jurisdiction” as it is for immigrants who have to renounce any & all foreign allegiances, one citizenship either at the time of naturalization or birth. PERIOD! That is what the 14th Amendments says!


12 posted on 10/28/2011 10:33:09 AM PDT by patlin ("Knowledge is a powerful source that is 2nd to none but God" ConstitutionallySpeaking 2011)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies ]


To: patlin

The Supreme Court used 17th century English common law to determine what “subject to the jurisdiction” means. I’d argue that in the 1600s in England, folks who entered the country without permission were EXECUTED as spies, so the common law of that time may not apply very well to today in the USA.


31 posted on 10/28/2011 11:29:45 AM PDT by Mr Rogers ("they found themselves made strangers in their own country")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies ]

To: patlin
We don’t need to change anything, we just need to actually follow it

Au contraire. We must change the existing laws and statutes. I have issued passports. Birthright citizenship is the law of the land. It is not a matter of reinterpreting an existing law. Millions have received their citizenship that way. We must change the laws and if they are deemed unconstitutional, amend the Constitution.

36 posted on 10/28/2011 12:04:18 PM PDT by kabar
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson