James Wilson is the first to argue, no, they have zero, they have no authority over us at all. Now, this is such a groundbreaking argument that one of his mentors reads it and says, James, you're a young man, you have a, you know, big career ahead of you, don't put this out there yet. It's too bold.
A Supreme Court ruling on this really will settle the matter, but Congress did so when it when it drafted our statute. So I don't think this is so much a area of law where there's a lack of clarity. I think the statute's very clear. It's in the black letter statutory text.
If you begin to say that you have to be a large enough group of people to receive standing under the 14th Amendment, then that means that the 14th Amendment suddenly becomes a piece of Swiss cheese, and it becomes a question of are you guys sufficiently large in number or perceived societal impact to be discriminated against and then to need to have equal protection laws.
