On August 19, two excellent, must-read articles ran on the Net that are sorely needed correctives to a common misunderstanding about the 14th Amendment.  Unfortunately, this mistake is made even by certain legal professionals who should know better. Human Events ran “Fox News Anchored in Stupidity on 14th Amendment” by Ann Coulter.  Ms. Coulter explains the original intent, history, and case law surrounding so-called “birthright citizenship.”  Coulter makes a compelling case that the children born to illegal aliens on American soil were never intended to be granted automatic citizenship by the 1868 amendment: The anchor baby scam was invented 30 years ago by a liberal zealot, Justice William Brennan, who slipped a footnote into a 1982 Supreme Court opinion announcing that the kids born to illegals on U.S. soil are citizens. Fox News is treating Brennan’s crayon scratchings on the Constitution as part of our precious national...(Read Full Post)