When I was in college, I worked at a country club and noticed that anyone who asked to join had to, in addition to coughing up many dollars, provide a photo of their entire family.

I snarked to the manager, "I can't imagine why you need photos. You're clearly not screening for attractiveness."

their “evidence” is exceedingly narrow and exclusionary of a wide number of political actors whose views and visions shaped the 14th amendment. even if they weren’t very obviously backfilling their partisan political interests, their method is not history

also, let’s say wurman is right. well, we have had nearly 160 years of unlimited birthright citizenship that has been affirmed again and again by generations of Americans. whatever the original intent, that is what the birthright clause *means*.

the idea that a handful of conservative legal scholars have an understanding that should supersede a settlement affirmed my generations of american is astoundingly arrogant, and the idea that trump — or any president — can unilaterally overturn that settlement is just despotism

the president is not an elected sovereign. he does not speak for the people or embody their will, he merely represents them. if he wants to change the constitution, let him make his case.