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Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to end birthright citizenship (edition.cnn.com)

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[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 points 5 hours ago

You're not confused. You're thinking too deep.

This is the birthright citizenship clause:

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.

This is the entirety of what he cares about:

subject to the jurisdiction thereof

That's it. He doesn't care about any other part of the 14th amendment. He doesn't care whether the kids are citizens or not. Nothing about those kids is relevant at all. The ruling he wants is entirely on those five words.

Ruled in his favor, those five words give him everything he needs to start a shooting war on the southern border.