Birdwatch Note Rating
2025-01-31 18:21:12 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 756567B6918C170F2994C56E2B27BA92FAFBFFDF388C0457F1D3D975EA7ABDE6
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Original Note:
While the immediate impetus for codifying birthright citizenship in the Fourteenth Amendment was to ensure that the children of formerly enslaved people were recognised as citizens, the US had inherited the jus soli concept from English common law. https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S8-C4-1-2-1/ALDE_00013161/
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