Trump Plans to Challenge the Constitutional Definition of Birthright Citizenship

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NightlyPoe said:

Machiavellian said:

As the other side has argued, you cannot use the intent of the person who wrote the amendment, only the words and their meaning.  If we go down that route then the 2nd amendment goes into play as well.

I don't think you understand the basics of Originalism.  Focusing on the intent of the authors and what the words meant at the time they were written is the backbone of the philosophy.

The thing about intent is that it changes with different groups interpretation.  This is probably why the courts try to stick to the words instead of intent because usually it's just another opinion.  Contracts are done this way all the time.