And what happens is sometimes that original understanding could get lost. Sometimes it's not. There's certain things that aren't even contemplated that later. You have to go back and look. And I think The birthright citizenship amendment was passed to overturn the Dred Scott case and ensure that blacks were considered citizens of the United States. United States. They said they couldn't be under Dred Scott. Abraham Lincoln obviously opposed that. And so that was really the genesis of it. (02:12–02:20)
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