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I picked other.I would reword section 1 of the 14th amendment to only apply to the children of citizens like the authors intended.
The 14th amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the dangerous misinterpretation of the birthright citizenship clause - DA King - the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution - Fourteenth Amendment - anchor babies and birthright citizenship -
Before its ratification in 1868, Michigan's Senator Jacob Howard, author of the citizenship clause, made the intent crystal clear to the Senate: "This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the government of the United States, but will include all other classes of persons."
I'm not sure how they could have meant anything other than people born in the US were US citizens....
Here is the text: 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 isn't a question about what "militia" means or what "infringement" means. The text clearly says people born in the US are US citizens. What the authors meant in whatever crystal ball you're holding is irrelevant. What is important is what was written.