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   From: zed@is.dead   
      
   On Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:57:08 -0500   
   "Jim Wilkins"  wrote:   
      
   > "Mars Sellus"  wrote in message news:20260228120208.65d1cb8f@z-z...   
   >    
   > On Sat, 28 Feb 2026 05:13:13 -0000 (UTC)   
   > Webbster  wrote:   
   >    
   > > The Constitution protects ALL people.     
   >    
   > No, it protects ALL citizens and those here lawfully.   
   > ------------------------   
   >    
   > The clause on birthright citizenship was judged too narrow and vague   
   > to match reality, for instance illegal invaders avoid the requirement   
   > of being under US jurisdiction, sometimes violently. American Samoans   
   > have chosen to be US nationals but not US citizens to preserve their   
   > traditional culture, and legal precedent supports them.   
   >    
   > https://napelacenter.byuh.edu/00000189-28d9-d30c-a3eb-bafd6d1f   
   000/01-birthright-pdf   
   >    
   > "Despite American Samoan resistance to birthright citizenship in the   
   > protection of the fa‘amatai and traditional land tenure system,   
   > federal lawsuits   
   > supported by the U.S. American continental legal actors rooted in    
   > ethnocentric   
   > Western ideals of American nationalism continue to rage on."   
   >    
   > Birth citizenship is far from universal, outside the Americas where   
   > it benefitted immigrants newborns take the citizenship of their   
   > parents.   
   > https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-w   
   th-birthright-citizenship   
   >    
   > "In contrast to jus soli, nearly every other country on Earth offers   
   > jus sanguinis, which grants citizenship as long as one parent (or   
   > sometimes both parents) are citizens."   
   >    
      
   That's a very useful and timely primer, thx.   
      
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