[CynicalBear]

” Who gets to say who are “subject to the jurisdiction”?

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside

Rephrase the sentence. All persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside and are under the jurisdiction of the United States.

That does not change the meaning of the sentence and explains who says who is under the jurisdiction.

[Congressman Billybob]

No, your rewriting turns the Amendment on its head. As written, the Amendment requires two, separate qualifications to become a citizen at birth. Unlike modern law-writers, those of a century or two ago were very precise in their use of language.

John / Billybob