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tomm2thumbs

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4. wondering if they are going to take the 'enemy combatant' type of track

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 11:18 PM

Aug 2015

basically saying there is a nether-jurisdiction, which they define in some strange act which would not require a change of the 14th Amendment's wording, but serves to define it in law

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Question about Citizenship and 14th Amendment [View all] tomm2thumbs Aug 2015 OP

subject to the jurisdiction of means if US laws control you, you are subject to the jurisdiction of msongs Aug 2015 #1

wondering if they are going to take the 'enemy combatant' type of track tomm2thumbs Aug 2015 #4

Some discussion here: elleng Aug 2015 #2

thanks! tomm2thumbs Aug 2015 #3

Reid actually introduced legislation in 1993 to clarify the 14th amendment... PoliticAverse Aug 2015 #5

thanks, that was really helpful tomm2thumbs Aug 2015 #6