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GOP Senator calls out NBC for 'selectively omitting key words' from 14th Amendment in Trump interview
Yahoo News ^ | Dec 8, 2024
Posted on 12/08/2024 8:56:05 PM PST by 11th_VA
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah., took NBC News to task for "selectively omitting" a key part of the 14th Amendment in a question about birthright citizenship during an interview with President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday…
"All persons born … in the United States, *and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,* shall be citizens of the United States," Lee wrote on X, highlighting the missing words in asterisks.
"Those words matter," he added.
The senator continued to break down the issue in a lengthy 12-part thread.
"Congress has the power to define what it means to be born in the United States ‘and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,'" he wrote.
" While current law contains no such restriction, Congress could pass a law defining what it means to be born in the United States ‘and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,’ excluding prospectively from birthright citizenship individuals born in the U.S. to illegal aliens.
"Those who suggest Congress is somehow powerless to limit birthright citizenship ignore important constitutional text giving Congress power define who among those ‘born in the United States’ is born subject to the jurisdiction thereof.'…
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1 posted on 12/08/2024 8:56:05 PM PST by 11th_VA
To: 11th_VA
I was surprised Trump didn’t call her on that specifically.
2 posted on 12/08/2024 8:57:18 PM PST by 9YearLurker
To: 11th_VA
Congress could also pass law(s) prohibiting dual citizenship, but has refused to do so since about 1820.
As stands, the US oath of naturalization is ceremonial only and holds no weight in law.
3 posted on 12/08/2024 9:04:04 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
To: 11th_VA
4 posted on 12/08/2024 9:07:56 PM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
To: 11th_VA
"Congress has the power to define what it means to be born in the United States ‘and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,'" he wrote.
Here's the sentence from the 14th Amendment in question:
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.
To: 11th_VA
6 posted on 12/08/2024 9:19:56 PM PST by nopardons
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