[Political Junkie Too]

But “jurisdiction” is well understood as referring to the territory where the force of law applies, and that means it applies to nearly everyone on U.S. soil.

Suppose that a vacationing couple, say from France, seeks refuge in the French embassy after accidentally killing someone in their rented car. While inside the French embassy, they are no longer subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. No natural born American citizen can do this.

If a person can seek refuge here in the USA in another country's embassy or consulate where they are not subject to our jurisdiction, then they are not fully and completely subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

Now suppose this French couple had a baby inside the United States. Is this baby entitled to the protection of the French embassy, just like its parents?

Is there any place inside the United States where you or I can avoid the jurisdiction of the United States? Why should other "citizens" (like this French baby) be afforded this right? Why should "birthright" citizens have more protections against United States jurisdiction than natural born citizens?

Why would the Constitution create a class of citizen with more protections than other citizens?

-PJ

[bert]

The French embassy is by defintion not American soil