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>> it's been an issue -- >> where's the republican party been on this for the last 100 years? >> ed, i'll tell you in 1995, i introduced the bill, birth right citiz citizenship act. >> it didn't go anywhere. >> it ended up with almost 100-plus co-sponsors. you're right. they were worried about the perception here, but what i'm saying to you, do you think that a wealthy foreigner should be able to fly into the united states, stay here for a few weeks and get automatic citizenship for their child even though they are not subject to the jurisdiction? >> congressman, i appreciate your question to ...

As far as that goes. >> how about the one that allows people to vote at 18. is that a good change? >> yeah. i think that's fine. you bet. >> so how do you decide which changes you like and which you don't like? obviously we've gone through an evolution over time. black people can vote. they can't vote. they were slaves at the time of the constitution. that was in the constitution. they were counted as two-thirds of a person but they didn't get to vote themselves at that time. the constitution writers thought that was okay. you don't think it was okay, do you to have slaves? >> chris, let me su...

Amendment repealed and the 17th as far as that goes. >> how about the one that allows people to vote at 18? is that a good change? >> yeah. i think that's fine. you bet. >> so how do you decide which changes you like and which you don't like? obviously we've gone through an evolution over time. black people can vote. they couldn't vote. they were slaves at the time of the constitution. that was in the constitution. they were counted as two-thirds of a person but they didn't get to vote themselves at that time. the constitution writers thought that was okay. you don't think it's okay, do you, t...

King. you will also see that in more recent times, we have generally sent to the government representatives and presidents who are more interested in power than in freedom and telling us how to live instead of leaving us alone. how did this happen? why did we lose freedom? does the government today even remotely resemble the one the constitution established in 1789? >> you can do the entire now six part series at foxnation.com and order it. fox news senior judicial analyst andrew napolitano has some examples of how our government has been violating the constitution today. >> no, just yesterday...

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