Neil N. Blowme
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All persons born here AND subject to the jurisdiction thereof. You keep omitting that key phrase. Keep spinning your wheels.And your argument is nonsense since if applied to other amendments it would basically invalidate them.
The purpose of the 19th amendment was to give women the right to vote. If we follow your argument, men could be denied the right to vote without violating the 19th amendment.
The purpose of the 26th amendment was to give 18-20 year olds the right to vote. If we follow your argument citizens over the age of 21 could be denied the vote without violating that amendment.
No rational person would accept your argument for the 19th and 26th amendments and no rational person should accept your argument for the 14th. "all persons" means all persons. It does not mean "just black persons who were former slaves."