This is wrong, of course. SCOTUS ruled in 1898 that "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" meant subject to U.S. law (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Wong_Kim_Ark …). Arguing that illegal immigrants aren't subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. would mean that U.S. law doesn't apply to them.https://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/1057362118633238528 …
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Noah Feldman writes in Bloomberg today that the argument Graham is making is "pretty clearly wrong":https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-10-30/birthright-citizenship-puts-trump-judges-in-a-bind …
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Whenever an erudite person uses qualifiers such as "pretty" before an absolute such as "clearly," I am left believing they are not convinced themselves of the idea put forth.
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Nah, they're just trying to be gentle and nice, because if they use words like "bullshit" they'll be written off.
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