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2011DanGoodman Thisworkistheseventhinaseriesofarticlestheauthorhaswrittenonblunders madebytheSupremeCourtoftheUnitedStates.Originally,hedecidedtowriteon onlytwomistakesmadebytheSupremeCourtoftheUnitedStates.However,the authorreconsideredafterwritingaboutthethirdblunderoftheSupremeCourtof theUnitedStates,tonotplaceanylimitonthenumberofblundershefindswiththe SupremeCourtoftheUnitedStates. TheseventhblunderoftheSupremeCourtoftheUnitedStatesisinthecaseofthe SlaughterhouseCases(83U.S.(Wall.16)36,1873).Theblunderoccursatpage74, wherein,itiswritten: Toremovethisdifficultyprimarily,andtoestablishaclearandcomprehensive definitionofcitizenshipwhichshoulddeclarewhatshouldconstitutecitizenshipof theUnitedStates,andalsocitizenshipofaState,thefirstclauseofthefirstsection wasframed. AllpersonsbornornaturalizedintheUnitedStates,andsubjecttothe jurisdictionthereof,arecitizensoftheUnitedStatesandoftheStatewhereinthey reside.... Thenextobservationismoreimportantinviewoftheargumentsofcounselin thepresentcase.Itis,thatthedistinctionbetweencitizenshipoftheUntiedStates andcitizenshipofaStateisclearlyrecognizedandestablished. NotonlymayamanbeacitizenoftheUnitedStateswithoutbeingacitizenofa State,butanimportantelementisnecessarytoconverttheformerintothelatter. HemustresidewithintheStatetomakehimacitizenofit,butitisonlynecessary thatheshouldbebornornaturalizedintheUnitedStatestobeacitizenofthe Union.
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TheblundermadeisthatonebornornaturalizedintheUnitedStates,under Section1oftheFourteenthAmendment,isacitizenoftheUnion. 1
Itdoesnotstate: AllpersonsbornornaturalizedintheUnitedStates,andsubjecttothe jurisdictionthereof,arecitizensoftheUnionandoftheStateswhereintheyreside. Therefore,thelastparagraphquotedfromthiscaseshouldbe: NotonlymayamanbeacitizenoftheUnitedStateswithoutbeingacitizenofa State,butanimportantelementisnecessarytoconverttheformerintothelatter. HemustresidewithintheStatetomakehimacitizenofit,butitisonlynecessary thatheshouldbebornornaturalizedintheUnitedStatestobeacitizenofthe UnitedStates. ThetermsUnitedStatesandUnionareusedindifferentsensesintheOrganic ConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica.Theterm,Union,isusedintheOrganic ConstitutiontomeantheseveralStates(united);thatis,thememberswhich constitutesuchUnion: RepresentativesanddirectTaxesshallbeapportionedamongtheseveralStates whichmaybeincludedwithinthisUnion.Article1,Section2,Clause3 ConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica. NewStatesmaybeadmittedbytheCongressintothisUnionbutnonewState shallbeformedorerectedwithintheJurisdictionofanyotherState;noranyState beformedbytheJunctionoftwoormoreStates,orPartsofStates,withoutthe ConsentoftheLegislaturesoftheStatesconcernedaswellasoftheCongress. ArticleIV,Section3,Clause1ConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica. TheUnitedStatesshallguaranteetoeveryStateinthisUnionaRepublican FormofGovernment.ArticleIV,Section4ConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesof America.
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Pursuancethereof;...shallbethesupremeLawoftheLand.ArticleVI,Section2 ConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica. TheCongressshallhavePowertoprovideforcallingforththeMilitia[ofthe severalStates][Footnote1]toexecutetheLawsoftheUnion,suppress InsurrectionsandrepelInvasions.ArticleI,Section8,Clause15Constitutionof theUnitedStatesofAmerica. TheCongressshallhavePowertoexerciseexclusiveLegislationinallCases whatsoever,oversuchDistrict(notexceedingtenMilessquare)asmay,byCession ofparticularStates,andtheAcceptanceofCongress,becometheSeatofthe GovernmentoftheUnitedStates,andtoexerciselikeAuthorityoverallPlaces purchasedbytheConsentoftheLegislatureoftheStateinwhichtheSameshallbe, fortheErectionofForts,Magazines,Arsenals,dockYards,andotherneedful Buildings.[Footnote2]
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Theterm,Union,doesnotappearintheSubsequentAmendments(11through27) totheConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica.However,theterm,United Statesdoes.Theterm,UnitedStates,tookonanewconstitutionalmeaningwiththe adoptionoftheFourteenthAmendment. Again,Section1,Clause1oftheFourteenthAmendmentprovides: AllpersonsbornornaturalizedintheUnitedStates,andsubjecttoTHE jurisdictionthereof,arecitizensoftheUnitedStatesandoftheStatewhereinthey reside. However,Section1oftheThirteenthAmendmentreads: Neitherslaverynorinvoluntaryservitude,exceptasapunishmentforcrime whereofthepartyshallhavebeendulyconvicted,shallexistwithintheUnited States,oranyplacesubjecttoTHEIRjurisdiction.[Footnote3]
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theDistrictofColumbia.ItmeanstheDistrictofColumbia,theterritoriesand possessionsoftheUnitedStates,andfederalenclaveswithintheseveralStatesof theUnion.[Footnote4] Thus,acitizenunderSection1,Clause1oftheFourteenthAmendment,isacitizen oftheUnitedStatesandnotacitizenoftheUnion. ________________________ Footnotes: 1.ArticleII,Section2,Clause1ConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica: ThePresidentshallbeCommanderinChiefoftheArmyandNavyoftheUnited States,andoftheMilitiaoftheseveralStates,whencalledintotheactualServiceof theUnitedStates.
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