[Jim W N]

Read 14th amendment, section 1

I have. many times.

You must know the history of this amendment and what the ratifiers intended for this purely Post-Civil-War Reconstruction, but terribly written, 14th Amendment. It was intended to make ex-slaves full citizens. It was NOT intended to give the feds sweeping powers NEVER contemplated by the Founders OR ratifiers of this Amendment.

[SauronOfMordor]

Regardless of presumed intent, it says what it says, and is part of the constitution.