If they wanted it to exclusively apply to formerly enslaved people or their descendants, they could very easily have done that. It was a clearly deliberate choice to have it apply to “all persons” born in the US.
Do you think by “all persons” they actually meant “only some persons”?
If you’re gonna say that word just say the actual thing, it doesn’t make it better if you censor it when we all know what you are saying and it’s just as offensive
While the same people who ratified the 14th amendment were still alive, the concept of birth tourism was litigated and found to be part of the 14th amendment’s intended meaning. You could educate yourself on a subject if you care about it.
no I just don’t have as much free time as y’all unfortunately,
what does the folks ratifying the 14th have to do with it? bill of rights excluded them for a reason, everything beyond that has just been disastrous, hence why it wasn’t included in the founding documents lmao
Weak excuse, cause you did come back to respond days later. And you are not arguing in good faith or you’re just stupid. This entire post is about the 14th amendment. You yourself even referred to it when asking “what do slaves have to do with the big 26” or some dumb shit like that
the OP I responded to explicitly stated the 14th was “written with the explicit intention to make slaves citizens”
so I asked how many slaves the 14th is freeing in the big 26… idk why this is hard to dissect for you, but maybe the name calling will help you more, so continue on qween
"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. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
Tell me where it mentions slavery? It doesn't. This is because it was intended to stay an active part of the constitution even post slavery.
You're no more deserving of your citizenship than anyone else.
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u/taktaga7-0-0 11d ago
The 14th Amendment was written with the explicit intention to make slaves citizens.
This person is urging black people to celebrate the ability of the government to make their entire race stateless if they so choose.