Justice Kagan tried to pin Solicitor General Sauer into a corner during arguments over birthright citizenship, suggesting the challengers' position relied on some esoteric theory rather than the plain text.

Sauer dismantled that by going straight to the source. The men who… pic.twitter.com/TZZsqdssFZ

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) April 1, 2026
Justice Kagan tried to pin Solicitor General Sauer into a corner during arguments over birthright citizenship, suggesting the challengers' position relied on some esoteric theory rather than the plain text.

Sauer dismantled that by going straight to the source. The men who actually wrote the 14th Amendment and its predecessor Civil Rights Act defined "jurisdiction" as requiring complete allegiance to the United States, not foreign powers.

Temporary visitors, diplomats, and those not domiciled with full loyalty were never intended to pass on automatic citizenship to their children born here.

This wasn't some fringe idea cooked up later. It was the consistent understanding for decades, backed by congressional debates, treatises, and early cases.

Modern claims of universal birthright citizenship for everyone physically present ignore what the framers actually said.

Time to restore the real 14th Amendment. .....