The Court is making the preposterous assumption that the People of the United States somehow silently redefined marriage in 1868 when they ratified the 14th Amendment. Votes: 6
If those who wrote and ratified the 14th Amendment had imagined laws restricting immigration - and had anticipated huge waves of illegal immigration - is it reasonable to presume they would have wanted to provide the reward of citizenship to the children of the violators of those laws? Surely not. Votes: 6
When did it become unconstitutional to exclude homosexual couples from marriage? 1791? 1868, when the 14th Amendment was adopted? Votes: 5
When the 14th Amendment, equal protection clause was enacted, the galleries in the Senate were segregated. Now we have integration. Votes: 5
Defending birthright citizenship is about being on the right side of liberty. The 14th Amendment is a great legacy of the Republican Party. Votes: 5
History has shown us that, on extraordinarily rare occasions, it becomes necessary for the federal government to intervene on behalf of individuals whose 14th Amendment rights to legal due process and equal protection may be violated by a state. Votes: 5
If the Bill of Rights was intended to place strict limits on federal power and protect individual and locality from the national government the 14th Amendment effectively defeated that purpose by placing the power to enforce the Bill of Rights in federal hands, where it was never intended to be. Votes: 5
All children should be welcomed into the world and protected by the law. As President, I would immediately repeal President Clinton's five executive orders that promote abortion. I support a human life bill that defines unborn children as persons under the 14th Amendment. I will vigorously defend the pro-life plank in the Republican platform. Votes: 5
There's nothing in the 14th Amendment about anchor babies. Votes: 4
The Constitution says nothing about anchor babies. The 14th Amendment says nothing about birthright citizenship. Votes: 4
The Constitution is very clear: Congress has sole discretion over defining who is and who isn't a citizen and how you become one. It's not the 14th Amendment. Votes: 4
There's nothing in the 14th Amendment that says if you are born to a mother who is a citizen that you're automatically a citizen. It isn't there. Even some of our presidential candidates think that it is. Votes: 4
There's nothing in the 14th Amendment about anchor babies. Votes: 3
The Constitution says nothing about anchor babies. The 14th Amendment says nothing about birthright citizenship. Votes: 3
The 14th Amendment is very questionable as to whether or not somebody can come over, have a baby and immediately that baby is a citizen. Votes: 3
Nothing in the 14th Amendment or in any other constitutional provision suggests that the president may usurp legislative power to prevent a violation of the Constitution. Votes: 3
The Constitution is very clear: Congress has sole discretion over defining who is and who isn't a citizen and how you become one. It's not the 14th Amendment. Votes: 3
The 14th Amendment was recognized right away to be problematic. The concept of person was both too narrow and too broad, and the courts went to work to overcome both of those flaws. Votes: 3
The way that same-sex marriage should reach the federal level is that it absolutely should be decided by the Supreme Court as quickly as possible. It's a 14th Amendment issue. There's no argument about it. Votes: 3
There's nothing in the 14th Amendment that says if you are born to a mother who is a citizen that you're automatically a citizen. It isn't there. Even some of our presidential candidates think that it is. Votes: 3
Who in their right mind ever thought that the birth of a child to an illegal immigrant converted to citizenship? A lot of people believe it. It's not in the 14th Amendment. You know where it is? It's in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4. Votes: 3
Individuals for whom no orthodox cure is available surely are entitled to select a health care approach.....This right (is) specifically within,,,the 1st, 4th, 5th, 9th, and 14th amendments to the (US) Constitution....To be insensitive to the very fundamental civil liberties....(:) the choice...of the person whose body is being ravaged (by disease), is to display slight understanding of the essence of our free society and its constitutional underpinnings. Votes: 3
I'm not up for changing the 10th amendment or the 14th amendment, the first amendment or the second amendment. Votes: 0
The takings clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals. Votes: 0
The 'takings' clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals. Votes: 0
Statutes authorizing unreasonable searches were the core concern of the framers of the 4th Amendment. Votes: 3 Sandra Day O'Connor