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1. I think SCOTUS would have a hard time overruling a Consitutional Amendment that explicit. Hard to interpret

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Dec 15, 2024, 02:46 PM

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the language any different from what it says.

But, you are correct we can't be totally certain.

"With extremely limited exceptions, the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause provides that all children born in the U.S. are citizens. The birthright citizenship rule comes from English common law and dates back centuries." -- ACLU

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