re: What does a conservative Supreme court system mean for those in their 20s

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existing laws could be expanded to cover things that they weren't written for, because the justice interprets that they fit the intent.

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Exactly. Thing like the 14th Amendment fall under this category. Birthright citizenship was intended to undo some of the damage of slavery and segregation by conveying US citizenship to those born in our country, whose ancestors were forcibly removed from their own lands via the slave trade.

It was NOT designed to allow invading foreign nationals who are here illegally a foothold in our society via anchor babies.

That case hasn't ever been tried in front of SCOTUS yet, so it's left to its poorly worded interpretation by practice. The Congress after the Civil War had no idea that it would be weaponized against US sovereignty like it has.