The 14th Amendment: Rand Paul Is Right
by Lynn Woolley

06/07/2010

Republican Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul has a way of getting under people’s skin with his libertarian insistence that we actually pay attention to the Constitution.

First he dared to opine that some parts of the 1964 Civil Right Act—while commendable in its ideals—might have lacked constitutional authority. But now, he’s apparently gone too far. He’s saying that the 14th Amendment does NOT grant citizenship to the American-born children of illegal aliens.

“A lot of this is about demographics,â€