Solicitor General D. John Sauer laid it out plain and clear for the Court:
"The Citizenship Clause was adopted just after the Civil War to grant citizenship to the newly freed slaves and their children, whose allegiance to the United States had been established by generations of domicile here. It did not grant citizenship to the children of temporary visitors or illegal aliens, who have no such allegiance."
- That's the heart of it.
The Clause was written to overrule the infamous Dred Scott decision and secure citizenship for freed slaves who lived here permanently and owed full allegiance to America – not to foreign powers, invaders, or birth tourists flying in for a quick passport baby...
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