there. and the citizenship clause in the 14th amendment has not been litigated all the way up to the supreme court. however, richard posner who is not known as a conservative idealogue does not believe the constitution would have to be amenned because of the original understanding of what the citizenship clause applied to. without getting too wonky in the weeds here, it all depends on what the phrase subject to the jurisdiction thereof pertains to. and what it circumscribes. so it is interesting that trump kind of lay this is down as a marker. and that now everybody else is having to react to it. i would submit it would be a smart thing for someone believe it or not like a jeb bush to embrace or maybe even a scott walker. then it would look like he s taking a step toward enhancing credibility on enforcement. throw something to the conservatives on immigration and maybe then they would look at you in a different way or say maybe he is going to do something on enforcement and good deal
there. and the citizenship clause in the 14th amendment has not been litigated all the way up to the supreme court. however, richard posner who is not known as a conservative idealogue does not believe the constitution would have to be amenned because of the original understanding of what the citizenship clause applied to. without getting too wonky in the weeds here, it all depends on what the phrase subject to the jurisdiction thereof pertains to. and what it circumscribes. so it is interesting that trump kind of lay this is down as a marker. and that now everybody else is having to react to it. i would submit it would be a smart thing for someone believe it or not like a jeb bush to embrace or maybe even a scott walker. then it would look like he s taking a step toward enhancing credibility on enforcement. throw something to the conservatives on immigration and maybe then they would look at you in a different way or say maybe he is going to do something on enforcement and good deal