Do you support or oppose the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold birthright citizenship?

Support (68%) – "I support this amendment wholeheartedly as it is written. The idea that many people will try to parse the "intent", or "meaning" of what our forebears were trying to enshrine in the Constitution puzzles me. This "instruction manual", our Constitution and the Bill of Rights, may not have be perfect, but it does lay the blueprints for a democracy. No one person can tear a page out of the Instruction manual with an Executive Order. Said Instruction Manual belongs to the people, not one individual."

"The United States is a nation of immigrants, and the claim that the Citizenship Clause had been "misunderstood" for over a century would utterly rewrite the history of the 20th century, where millions of people from Europe and elsewhere passed through Ellis Island to start new lives and families here. It's an absurd argument."

• "This administration needs to stop challenging historic laws, especially those in the constitution, and work through Congress to pass new laws if they feel they are that important. Unfortunately, they can’t because what they are trying to do is so unpopular. I hope the midterms corrects all this crazy behavior."

"Birthright citizenship should be determined by where a person is born- regardless of anything else. You can’t change the rules in the middle of the game just because the president feels the need to reinterpret or rewrite history. The Constitution establishes the rules, and any fundamental changes to them should follow the constitutional process – not the preferences of a single administration."

• "I don’t agree with it but I support it. You can’t change the constitution with an executive order. It needs to be changed properly."

"The constitution says what it says. The hypocrisy of the literalists on the court is farcical. This should have been a 9-0 decision. As a member of the legal profession, my view is that the Court has already set the Country 50 years--this decision is a slippery slope to slide back another 50!"

Oppose (28%) – "What the framers wrote needs to be taken in the context of their time. They had a specific intent which did not include everyone, everywhere coming here to have babies as a way to garner citizenship."

• "If you stand back and view the situation without a political bias you realize this quirky part of the law has been perverted to the point of causing a tidal wave of people whose only goal in life is to live rent free on the compassion of a nation of plenty. In Southern California this has turned into a business with birth houses that have just about every Nationality being represented all on State sponsored Medical, Food Stamps etc and the worst part is the people collecting these benefits all jump on the back of the child being born here to gain citizenship of their own. Its grotesque and is being used for political gain which is even more grotesque."

"I'm very disappointed in the Supreme Court's decision. It is a well-known fact that people travel to the US to have children for this exact reason and there have been "resorts" established for soon-to-be parents who want to deliver on US soil. The argument that it isn't happening a lot doesn't negate the fact that people are coming here illegally with nefarious purposes. There shouldn't be a threshold of criminality for us to do something about an issue we're experiencing. The 14th Amendment wasn't written for the purposes for which it is being used currently. America is not the country we were when that was established and we shouldn't leave legal loopholes open while we are trying to secure our borders and take care of our own."

Unsure/other (4%) – "I lean towards supporting birthright citizenship as it feels like a foundational value of America. I do believe there are situations (birth tourism/surrogacy) that are concerning, but I think those should be handled by laws through Congress rather than through the Supreme Court. That said, I read a bit of the supreme court's decision and the history behind birthright citizenship is amazingly complex. I feel birthright citizenship is a more literal reading of the Constitution, but I have immense respect for justices on both sides of the decision as the context and history behind it is not as clear cut as you might think."