• @bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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    212 months ago

    The amendment reads:

    “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.”

    Their argument is that non-citizens are not “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” and therefore it doesn’t apply.

    So it’ll go to the courts which will of course agree with Donny

    • blame [they/them]
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      212 months ago

      non-citizens are not subject to the jurisdiction of the united states while being in the united states?

    • KoboldKomrade [he/him]
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      32 months ago

      So non-citizens aren’t subject to the jurisdiction of America? Meaning that they can’t be prosecuted for crimes they commit by the US gov? Hmm…