the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality

horseshoe theory isn't really a thing...except to the extent that certain fash curious folks on the left and right want it to exist or to bring it into being.

If you are born here, and you are subject to our laws, you're one of us. You're an American, and you have all the rights that Americans have, from the moment of your birth. Period. No exceptions.

That's what the Fourteenth Amendment says, and it's fucking beautiful.

One more thought about this which is that if the Court attempts to nullify the entirety of the Fourteenth Amendment then I think the liberal justices should also resign and publicly acknowledge that the Court is now wholly illegitimate.