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The 14th amendment starts off:
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside
Which makes any attempt to make people born in the US not be citizens like this simply unconstitutional. Documentation of birth in the US is pretty much the only proof of citizenship that most Americans have, so getting rid of this puts every non-immigrant American’s citizenship in doubt.
How the fuck does NYT write an article like this and not mention what the eighteen states are.
They linked to a copy of the filing which lists all parties to the lawsuit, including 18 states, DC, and the city and county of San Francisco.
I guess my objection is that a copy editor found it meaningful to specifically say there were eighteen states… they didn’t say “multiple” or something else vague.
If the fact that there are eighteen is important than what those eighteen are is important.