The World and Everything In It 4.1.26 Signs of the political season underway, using hymns for faith and memory, NASA’s Artemis II mission, and That Holy Week So Long Ago
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Apr 1, 2026 A rundown of key political signs from court rulings and CPAC shifts. A look at UK demographic challenges and creative hymn outreach to older adults. An accessible briefing on NASA’s Artemis II crewed mission and U.S.-China lunar competition. A poetic children’s book retelling Holy Week and reflections on civic love and local governance.
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Debate Over Birthright Citizenship Hinges On Jurisdiction Phrase
- The 14th Amendment's birthright clause is contested over whether children of temporary foreign visitors should be citizens.
- Hunter Baker explained historical arguments and said Western countries often granted birthright citizenship, sometimes with limits at maturity.
Originalist Case That Visitors' Babies Were Excluded
- Constitutional scholar Charles Cooper argued Reconstruction-era understanding excluded children of temporary foreign visitors from birthright citizenship.
- Cooper emphasized no one suggested visitors' children should be entitled to citizenship at birth.
Two Ways To See China Linked Birth Tourism
- Hunter Baker noted motivations for China-linked birth tourism could be aspirational escape or strategic exploitation and outcomes depend on one's philosophy of citizenship.
- He contrasted Venice's multigenerational model with the U.S. propositional citizenship ideal when weighing policy responses.
