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Birthright citizenship is rooted in the plain text of the Fourteenth Amendment, which declares that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States” are citizens.
From Salon • May 11, 2026
"The scrambled plain text was found, but without the coding method or the key. This is a very important distinction," he separately told a news conference in November.
From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025
"Turns out that jokes are way less funny if people don't know the context and the delivery is in plain text," a subsequent post read.
From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024
In place of lofty odes to the majestic generalities of the Constitution, the justice has consistently favored its original meaning and a statute’s plain text over other considerations.
From Slate • Jul. 28, 2023
At home and abroad he had an insatiable appetite for all the word,—both for the types of the Old Testament and the plain text of the New.
From The Biography of Robert Murray M'Cheyne by Bonar, Andrew A.
