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“𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐌 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐀 𝐖𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐄 𝐁𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐒 𝐅𝐋𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐖𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐎 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀 𝐓𝐎 𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇.” U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer just dropped that line at the Supreme Court — and every American should hear it. 𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬. Not individuals gaming the system. Not one-off cases. 𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 in the People’s Republic of China whose entire model is to fly pregnant women to the United States, deliver a baby with automatic U.S. citizenship, and fly them back home with a brand new American passport. When pressed on whether this changes the legal analysis, Sauer quoted Justice Scalia’s Hamdan dissent: “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 19𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺.” The 14th Amendment was written when the fastest way to cross the Atlantic was a steamship. As Justice Alito pointed out — “𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 8 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰’𝘴 𝘢 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯.” The opposing side’s response? “𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.” That’s the argument — that the Framers of the 14th Amendment intended to grant automatic citizenship to the children of foreign nationals who fly in on tourist visas specifically to exploit that provision. Nobody who ratified that amendment in 1868 contemplated 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥-𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 from a geopolitical adversary. 𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧.