Birthright citizenship is not even remotely ambiguous in the Constitution.

The fact that suddenly conservatives are so obsessed with its drafters' "intent" being different from its plain language is proof textualism and originalism were always bad faith vehicles.

@theleftistlawyer "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

Regarding that "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" my guess is this was intended to exclude American Indians, who would have been considered belonging to their own nations but not the US at that point. What's your take?

Anyway.... it seems like every US-born child of immigrants has now a motive to get a speeding ticket, just to prove they're subject to the jurisdiction of the US.