Well, yes, but it also guarantees equal protection under the law. Georgia cannot make a law infringing on the civil rights of visitors from another state (unless it involves gay marriage, but that's another topic). I think readers deserve at least some expanded background on the 14th amendment. People are likely to read the limited description, and not anything else. Soon you have people voting on something they don't understand.
I take a very narrow view of travel agencies that book trips to the US in order for a child to be born here, then return home as a US citizen. Repealing the amendment is not the way to fix the problem.
Matt Bai gets Ditched for failing to point out one of the biggest contradictions in certain Republican's argument about repealing or amending the 14th. Should you deem it appropriate to revise or repeal the 14th Amendment so that it can better reflect conditions in the current world environment, should you not also find it appropriate for your counterparts on the other side of the isle to be allowed to "take aim" at the 2nd Amendment in the same way? The illogical nature of this repeal request points to it being one of the many inflammatory statements being made by politicians of all platforms leading up to their re-elections. Mr Bai should be factoring this in to his arguments.
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