The plain text of 14A is that if you're born in the US you're entitled to citizenship. "Subject to the jurisdiction thereof" excludes ambassadors, invading armies and tribal sovereigns. This is well established in the record. See our amicus brief: https://litigationtaskforce.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/litigationandresponse.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/birthright-citizenship-executive-order-amicus-briefpdf.pdf

14A - like the other reconstruction amendments - was ratified begrudgingly by southern states as a condition of readmission to the union. IOW, the idea that people who weren't white could be afforded equal rights & citizenship has been controversial from the jump.

The intellectual descendants of 14As early opponents then tried to argue it didn't apply to non-white immigrants in the Wong Kim Ark case. Precedent, and the court disagreed. And yet these are the arguments the Trump admin is now resurrecting.

Equality remains controversial. And the AKC purebred racist line runs from Robert E. Lee, through Francis Wharton & George Collins and down to Stephen Miller & his modern ilk. Like I said, no surprise they are dusting off this claptrap.

But SCOTUS didn't have to grant cert. All the arguments have been rebutted. The Congressional record that led to the drafting of 14A and the jurisprudence of Wong Kim Ark is just as clear today as it ever was. If originalism and stare decisis matter, there is no case here.