(10-30-2018, 03:11 PM)TJBender Wrote:

(10-30-2018, 02:46 PM)The Drifter Wrote: I just posted the Authors intent, it's up for debate what is a US Citizen

Being of a foreign diplomat is one things, but the author even specifies that *the person in question* must be an immigrant or alien, not their parents. Someone born on US soil has not, at any point in their lives, been an alien or immigrant, therefore they are a citizen by birth. This isn't a question of settled law. It's written in the damn Constitution, and a President attempting to circumvent the Constitution by way of executive order then acting upon that unconstitutional order is impeachable, hopefully imprisonable and/or deportable.

Aside from it not being an impeachable offense, I'm curious why you think it's OK to deport a US citizen that breaks the law but not a non-citizen breaking the law.

I can't really figure out where you stand on deportation so I could be wrong.

As for the "subject to the jurisdiction thereof", it isn't applicable to everyone. B2hibry is correct in his explanation. That isn't a simple "you have to follow the law" statement; everyone has to follow the law. The 14th amendment was intended to enfranchise slaves. It wasn't even considering citizenship to foreigners. That's why they include the phrase that they can't be subject to foreign powers. You keep saying that it's written in the constitution, but you're ignoring the clearly stated phrase that it only applies to persons not subject other jurisdictions.

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