The Great Rush Limbaugh and his golden microphone.

Last week the US Supreme Court ruled that birthright citizenship is completely acceptable in the United States. The court struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order in a 5-4 decision. This ruling was a shock to those Americans who value civilization and the future of our country. Swing justices John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett sided with the three radical leftists on the court in the majority decision. It was a dark day for America.

Legendary radio host Rush Limbaugh discussed the 14th Amendment and birthright citizenship back on his October 30, 2018 radio show.

Rush argued that

It’s too bad Amy Coney Barrett and John Roberts were not listeners. They would have learned something.

Rush Limbaugh: Let me read to you the 14th Amendment, how it begins.

“All persons—” now the 14th Amendment goes back to 1866, I think it was ratified by Congress in 1866. No, it was passed by Congress, ratified by the states 2 years later. So 1866, it was passed by Congress and ratified by the states in 1868, and its original intent was to grant citizenship to slaves and their descendants. And it was part and parcel of post-Civil War era of America fixing itself. It was a good thing. Uh, our Constitution was written so that mistakes at the founding could be corrected.

The vast majority of people knew slavery at the founding was, was untenable, but they needed the Union in order to fight the Revolutionary War. They needed the Southern states. They needed unity to do that, so they had to accept slavery, but they built in safeguards to wipe it out, and it happened in 1868. The 14th Amendment, it begins this way: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the US and of the state wherein they reside.” It was clearly intended to be referring to slaves and their descendants.

The parts that birthright citizenship freaks have to delete are naturalized and subject to the jurisdiction thereof.

You are not naturalized and you are not subject to the US jurisdiction if you’re here illegally.

You cannot be. You’re under some other country’s jurisdiction. If you’re here illegally, you cannot possibly be naturalized.

Well, the birthright citizenship crowd, which wants to water down American culture and destroy Western civilization, conveniently leaves out naturalized and subject to the jurisdiction thereof. So your born-here child absolutely is not a citizen. This is what Trump is saying. Trump is finally pushing back against an assumption that has been made because it was the least path of resistance, if you will. But now it’s make-or-break time. As my friend McCarthy says, you need somebody to break the furniture sometimes. You’re gonna remodel a house.

Okay, a little bit more background on the 14th Amendment here, ’cause it’s gonna be relevant as the issue goes forward. Again, it was added after the Civil War. Its purpose was to overrule the Dred Scott decision.

Which was a horrible— Dred Scott sanctioned slavery.

Roger Taney was the Chief Justice. Forever immortalized in infamy, it held that Black slaves were not citizens.

So Congress got into gear and passed the 14th Amendment. It guaranteed that freed slaves would have all the privileges of citizenship by providing, quote, “all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside,” which means the drafters of the 14th Amendment had no intention of conferring citizenship on the children of aliens who happen to be born here.

In fact, the very author of the citizenship clause, Senator Jacob Howard of Michigan, expressly said— this is why the original intent of founding documents is so important. Quote: “This,” meaning the 14th Amendment, “this will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, who are aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers.”

It was expressly intended to confer citizenship to slaves and their descendants. There was an 1884 case, Elk v. Wilkins. Supreme Court ruled the 14th Amendment did not even confer citizenship on Native Americans because they were subject to tribal jurisdiction, not U.S. jurisdiction.

In the decision last week Coney Barrett, John Roberts, and the radical leftists used the 14th Amendment to give citizenship to illegal alien babies and Chinese birthing tourists.

The ruling was complete garbage – They don’t care.

As you may know, Rush later passed away in February 2021 after the stolen election of 2020.
He is dearly missed.

Jim Hoft is the founder and editor of The Gateway Pundit, one of the top conservative news outlets in America. Jim was awarded the Reed Irvine Accuracy in Media Award in 2013 and is the proud recipient of the Breitbart Award for Excellence in Online Journalism from the Americans for Prosperity Foundation in May 2016. In 2023, The Gateway Pundit received the Most Trusted Print Media Award at the American Liberty Awards.

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