Mr. President. first of all. this is an interesting amendment. As I read the Constitution. there were about three classifications. First. free persons were counted. but Indians were excluded. Indians not taxed. And then other persons were counted as threefifths. So the whole persons were never counted by the Founding Fathers. Then. again. we did not know about illegal aliens. as I understand it. until about 1775. And that was long after the Constitution was adopted and after the 14th amendment. So. again. I think as a practical matter and as common logicthe Senator from Massachusetts cites the case from the Supreme Court.
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