Comments by "craxd1" (@craxd1) on "Does Congress have the power to regulate citizenship?" video.

  1. The first clause of the fourteenth amendment is not set in stone. During the debate over the first clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Sen. Howard argued for including the phrase "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof," but also defined a meaning with limits. "Every person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the government of the United States, but will include every other class of person." It is up to the courts to interpret what he meant. Also, if Congress set one limit, then they can set another.
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