YesacitizenofaStateisalso acitizenoftheseveralStates undertheConstitution

2011DanGoodman AcitizenofaStatewhoisnotacitizenoftheUnitedStatesisentitledtoprivileges andimmunitiesofacitizenoftheseveralStates,underArticleIV,Section2,Clause1 oftheConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica,andisthereforealsoacitizenof theseveralStates,underArticleIV,Section2,Clause1oftheConstitution: TherecanbenodoubtthatBalk,asacitizenoftheStateofNorthCarolina,had therighttosueHarrisinMarylandtorecoverthedebtwhichHarrisowedhim. BeingacitizenofNorthCarolina,hewasentitledtoalltheprivilegesand immunitiesofcitizensoftheseveralStates,oneofwhichistherighttoinstitute actionsinthecourtsofanotherState.Harrisv.Balk:198U.S.215,at223(1905).
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...So,aStatemay,byruleuniforminitsoperationastocitizensoftheseveral States,requireresidencewithinitslimitsforagiventimebeforeacitizenofanother Statewhobecomesaresidentthereofshallexercisetherightofsuffrageorbecome eligibletooffice.Ithasneverbeensupposedthatregulationsofthatcharacter materiallyinterferedwiththeenjoymentbycitizensofeachStateoftheprivileges andimmunitiessecuredbytheConstitutiontocitizensoftheseveralStates.The ConstitutionforbidsonlysuchlegislationaffectingcitizensoftherespectiveStates aswillsubstantiallyorpracticallyputacitizenofoneStateinaconditionofalienage whenheiswithinorwhenheremovestoanotherState,orwhenassertingin anotherStatetherightsthatcommonlyappertaintothosewhoarepartofthe politicalcommunityknownasthePeopleoftheUnitedStates,byandforwhomthe GovernmentoftheUnionwasordainedandestablished.Blakev.McClung:172US. 239,at256thru257(1898).
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Inspeakingofthemeaningofthephraseprivilegesandimmunitiesof citizensoftheseveralStates,undersectionsecond,articlefourth,ofthe Constitution,itwassaidbythepresentChiefJustice,inColev.Cunningham,133U.S. 1

107,thattheintentionwastoconferonthecitizensoftheseveralStatesa GENERALCITIZENSHIP,andtocommunicatealltheprivilegesandimmunities whichthecitizensofthesameStatewouldbeentitledtounderthelike circumstances,andthisincludestherighttoinstituteactions.Maxwellv.Dow: 176U.S.581,at592(1900).

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Thus,sincetheadoptionoftheFourteenthAmendment,therearetwocitizens undertheConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesofAmericawithprivilegesand immunitieswhicharenotthesame.TheyareacitizenoftheUnitedStates,under Section1oftheFourteenthAmendment,andacitizenoftheseveralStates,under ArticleIV,Section2,Clause1oftheConstitution: Wethinkthisdistinctionanditsexplicitrecognitioninthisamendmentofgreat weightinthisargument,becausethenextparagraphofthissamesection(Section1, Clause2oftheFourteenthAmendment),whichistheonemainlyreliedonbythe plaintiffsinerror,speaksONLYofprivilegesandimmunitiesofcitizensofthe UnitedStates,anddoesnotspeakofthose(privilegesandimmunities)of citizensoftheseveralStates.....SlaughterhouseCases:83U.S.(16Wall.)36,at 74(1873).[Footnote1]
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________________________ Footnotes: 1.PrivilegesandimmunitiesofacitizenoftheseveralStatesarenotthesameas theprivilegesandimmunitiesofacitizenoftheUnitedStates.Privilegesand immunitiesofacitizenoftheUnitedStatesariseoutofthenatureandessential characteroftheFederalgovernment,andgrantedorsecuredbytheConstitution (Duncanv.StateofMissouri:152U.S.377,at382[1894])or,inotherwords,owe theirexistencetotheFederalgovernment,itsNationalcharacter,itsConstitution,or itslaws.(SlaughterhouseCases:83(16Wall.)U.S.38,at79[1873]).

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PrivilegesandimmunitiesofacitizenoftheseveralStatesarethosedescribedin Corfieldv.CoryelldecidedbyMr.JusticeWashingtonintheCircuitCourtforthe DistrictofPennsylvaniain1823: IntheSlaughterHouseCases,16Wall.36,76,indefiningtheprivilegesand immunitiesofcitizensoftheseveralStates,thisisquotedfromtheopinionofMr. JusticeWashingtoninCorfieldv.Coryell,4Wash.Cir.Ct.371,380.Hodgesv.United States:203U.S.1,at15(1906).

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ThelocationforprivilegesandimmunitiesofacitizenoftheUnitedStatesisSection 1,Clause2oftheFourteenthAmendment: NoStateshallmakeorenforceanylawwhichshallabridgetheprivilegesor immunitiesofcitizensoftheUnitedStates. ThedesignationforprivilegesandimmunitiesofacitizenoftheseveralStatesis ArticleIV,Section2,Clause1oftheConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica: Fortunatelywearenotwithoutjudicialconstructionofthisclauseofthe Constitution(ArticleIV,Section2,Clause1).Thefirstandleadingcaseofthe subjectisthatofCorfieldv.Coryell,decidedbyMr.JusticeWashingtonintheCircuit CourtfortheDistrictofPennsylvaniain1823. Theinquiry,hesaysis,whataretheprivilegesandimmunitiesof citizensoftheseveralStates?... ThisdefinitionoftheprivilegesandimmunitiesofcitizensoftheStatesis adoptedinthemainbythiscourtintherecentcaseofWardv.TheStateof Maryland.SlaughterhouseCases:83(16Wall.)36,at75thru76(1873).
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...TheprivilegesandimmunitiesofcitizensoftheUnitedStates protectedbythefourteenthamendment,areprivilegesandimmunitiesarisingout ofthenatureandessentialcharacterofthefederalGovernment,andgrantedor securedbytheConstitution.Duncanv.Missouri(1904)152U.S.377,14Sup.Ct.570, 38L.Ed.485;SlaughterHouseCases,16Wall.36,21L.Ed.394. 3

Theprovisionsofsection2,art.4,ofthefederalConstitution,thatcitizensof eachstateshallbeentitledtoprivilegesandimmunitiesofcitizensoftheseveral states,areheldtobesynonymouswithrightsofthecitizens.Corfieldv.Coryell, supra.Thissectionisakintotheprovisionofsection1ofthefourteenth amendment,asrespectsprivilegesandimmunities,buttheformerisheldnotto maketheprivilegesandimmunities(therights)enjoyedbycitizensoftheseveral statesthemeasureoftheprivilegesandimmunities(therights)tobeenjoyedasof right,byacitizenofanotherstate,underitsConstitutionandlaws.McKanev. Durston,153U.S.684,14Sup.Ct.913,38L.Ed.867.Thisrulenecessarilyclassifies citizensintheirrightstotheextentthatacitizenofonestatewheninanotherstate mustbegovernedbythesameruleswhichapplytothecitizensofthatstateasto matterswhichareofthedomesticconcernofthestate.Colev.Cunningham,133U.S. 107,10Sup.Ct.269,33L.Ed.538;Peoplev.Gallagher,93N.Y.438,45Am.Rep.232; ButchersUnionv.CrescentCity,Mo.,111U.S.746,4SupCt.652,28L.Ed.585;Ex parteKinney,14Fed.Cas.602;Douglasv.Stephens,1Del.Ch.465.Strangev.Board ofCommission:91N.E.242,at246(1910).
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