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When reading through the U.S. Constitution, the 14th Amendment marks a significant departure \u2014 not in intent, but in the first adoption of the language of complex legalese when compared to the previous language thereof.\u00a0\u00a0The entry just before the 14th\r\nAmendment to the Constitution, the 13th Amendment, simply states in its entirety that \u201cneither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.\u00a0\u00a0Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.\u201d<\/p>

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Plain-spoken, concise, and unambiguous, especially when compared to the subsequent additions to the supreme law of the land.\u00a0\u00a0Henceforth, however, the lawyers sharpened their pencils and got seriously into the mix.\u00a0\u00a0Unraveling the objective<\/em> meaning of the 14th Amendment is actually an eternal task, meaning that all results will be subject to interpretation.\u00a0\u00a0This is not how law should be administered.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is painfully obvious that \u201cbirth tourism\u201d should not be valid, but it still is.\u00a0\u00a0And bedeviling the argument over birthright citizenship is the meaning of the term \u201cthe jurisdiction thereof.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Yeah, subject to interpretation \u2014 which is not <\/em>a good foundation for a legal principle.<\/p>\n

Kurt Schlichter at least hints at the SCOTUS majority\u2019s motive being a reluctance to rock the boat, since a dilemma would occur over the disposition of possibly millions already having questionable citizenship \u2014 and makes a good case for this not<\/em> being the end of the struggle to rationalize America\u2019s immigration policy.\u00a0\u00a0It may be reasonable to assume that the fuse has been lit for the eventual correction of this defect.<\/p>

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What should also be mentioned is a reminder of why<\/em> John Roberts is the current chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.\u00a0\u00a0Back when he was being considered for a position as an associate<\/em> justice, the then\u2013chief justice, William Rehnquist, suddenly assumed room temperature.\u00a0\u00a0For the sake of efficiency, the \u201crulers\u201d of America pushed Roberts up into the vacated position.<\/p>\n

Henceforth, we have languished under the judicial dictates of the Roberts Court.\u00a0\u00a0Pursuant to the latest \u201cbirthright\u201d decision, renewed attention to the SCOTUS and its future has been uncorked.\u00a0\u00a0Both sides are gearing up, I suppose, for a protracted struggle.\u00a0\u00a0Whoever said the Supreme Court reads the election results knew what he was talking about.<\/p>

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