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Buckeyeblue

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2. The real issue is that the 14th amendment couldn't be more clear

Reply to In It to Win It (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2026, 07:32 AM

2 hrs ago

And the dissent that four of the justices signed onto yesterday was about as intellectually dishonest as it gets. I read through Thomas's dissent and the claims he makes that the 14th amendment assumes the parents of the child are legal residents of the US are not textually supported by the wording of the 14th amendment. His argument is an outright lie.

I personally am on the fence about broad birthright citizenship. But the only path to changing it would be a constitutional amendment.

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