It takes more than a language to unify a nation

[Joel S. Berson]

Following up the entanglements of the law and the Constitution, was
"United States" in "All persons born or naturalized in the United
States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" interpreted (in some
Supreme Court case) to apply to Puerto Rico, which is not a
state?  And these persons are "citizens ... of the State wherein they
reside," which cannot apply to Puerto Rico.

Note that this says "and", so it does not independently confer
citizenship on those who are only "subject to the jurisdiction thereof".

Joel

At 2/27/2007 09:59 AM, Dave Wilton wrote:
>Yes. The 14th Amendment reads, in part:
>
>"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the
>jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State
>wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall
>abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor
>shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without
>due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
>protection of the laws."
>
>Virtually every attempt (except in one circumstance) to strip someone of
>their citizenship has been rejected by the courts. The citizens choose their
>government; the government cannot choose its citizens. The one exception are
>those naturalized under false pretenses (e.g., Nazi war criminals who lied
>about their past on their citizenship applications). Even those who have
>voluntarily renounced their US citizenship must usually be accepted back if
>they request it.
>
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>David Bergdahl
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>Subject: Re: It takes more than a language to unify a nation
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>Isn't it the 14th Amendment?
>-db
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>On 2/26/07, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:
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> > >Aside---someone should inform Congressman King that the rule=20
> > >about a person born in the US automatically being a US citizen is,=20
> > >if I remember correctly, due to a Supreme Court ruling and=20
> > >therefore cannot be changed by Congress.
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> > Not necessarily -- if the Supreme Court was interpreting a Federal
> > statute, then Congress (and the President) could change the interpreted
> > law, and the Supreme Court ruling might well be moot.
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