Letter to the Editor
Aug. 14, 2010
Birthright Citizenship and Proposition 8
Jack Quirk explores the meaning of birthright citizenship, while Philip A. Rafferty applies Judge Vaughn Walker's definition of "private" morality.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COLUMN
In what I hope I correctly understand to be a tongue-in-cheek article, Carl Shusterman writes, "If the 14th Amendment were repealed, Congress could simply pass a law stating who is a citizen and who is not." "Save The Immigration Bar, Repeal the 14th Amendment," August 9.) The relevant provision of the 14th Amendment is the first sentence of Section 1: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject t...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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