Proposed Bill Takes on 14th Amendment’s “Subject to the Jurisdiction” Clause

by Sharon Rondeau https://babin.house.gov/uploadedfiles/babin_birthright_citizenship_act_of_2023.pdf (Dec. 14, 2023) — A bill introduced on December 8 in the U.S. House of Representatives seeks to define the scope of a key phrase of Section 1 of the 14th Amendment with the purpose of abolishing “birthright citizenship,” or the bestowing of citizenship on anyone born within the United States […]