Radio Ranch with Roger Sayles 040626 LIVE,, - Allegiance, Domicile, and the Fourteenth: Inside SCOTUS on Birthright Citizenship (Part 1)

On this Monday edition of the Radio Ranch, I opened with a quick catch‑up on tech hiccups, Easter weekend, and why I sometimes embrace the “pregnant pause” on live radio. Then we dug into two big threads: the real‑world impact of the data‑center boom (from noise to strained local water systems) and the current AI hype cycle—why some operators may be “out over their skis” and what that means for users and infrastructure. From there, we spent most of the show unpacking last week’s Supreme Court oral arguments on birthright citizenship. I walked through the recurring themes—allegiance, jurisdiction, and domicile—plus the historical scaffolding around the Fourteenth Amendment and cases like Wong Kim Ark, Elk v. Wilkins, Dred Scott, Minor v. Happersett, and more. Callers weighed in with thoughtful pushback and questions, and we paused the audio at 37:42 to resume tomorrow as a continuing teaching series on the roots and limits of citizenship in American law.