One last point on the 14th Amendment and birthright citizenship: This whole thread may not have been as speculative as it may have seemed. Perhaps as early as this week, Senators Cornyn and Kyl are expected to introduce their immigration/guestworker bill, an alternative to the McCain/Kennedy flapdoodle unveiled to much fanfare a couple months ago, and a measure more likely to be moved by the leadership and backed by the White House. This is important because it’s possible that the bill might include a provision denying birthright citizenship to people here on the new “temporary” worker visas, as Linda Chavez suggested several years ago. This could be done easily by making it a condition of the visa, as with diplomats. Whether or not this is a good idea, it’s not a fantasy, like splitting California into three states or tripling the House of Representatives.