This legal index is a guide to citizenship under the United States Constitution since the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Each entry, being a legal topic, is supplemented with legal authority, which is quoted, cited,…more
In his work, “The Government of the United States: National, State, and Local,” (1922), William Bennett Munro (Professor of Municipal Government at Harvard University) quotes Section 1, Clause 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment as…more
Before the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment, a citizen of a State, under Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States of America, was recognized as a citizen of the United States, under…more
In this article, it is shown that there is in the country of the United States two citizens; a citizen of the United States and a citizen of a State who is not a citizen of the United States using the waters that surround the…more
The case of Dred Scoot v. Sanford (60 U.S. 393, 1856) was meant to be a federal question case. However, it became a diversity of citizenship case when Dred Scott's citizenship was challenged. The Supreme Court determined in …more
Since the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Slaughterhouse Cases, there are now two citizens in the nation of the United States: a citizen of the United States, under Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment; and a…more
Discover that before the Fourteenth Amendment, a citizen of a State was recognized under international law with the nationality of a citizen of the United States. A citizen of the United States was also a citizen of the…more
Discover that since the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Slaughterhouse Cases, there is a citizen of the United States, who is not a citizen of the several States (united) and a citizen of the several States…more
The eighth in a series on blunders made by the Supreme Court of the United States. In this article the case of Cramer v. United States (325 U.S. 1, 1945) is reviewed. The blunder made is that the United States Supreme Court…more
Discover that before the Fourteenth Amendment, both jus soli and jus sanguinis were followed in the United State of America.
However, with the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, the United States of America…more
Discover that before the Fourteenth Amendment, both jus soli and jus sanguinis were followed in the United State of America.
However, with the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, the United States of America…more
A citizen of a State who is not a citizen of the United States, is a citizen of the several States when abroad. This can be seen in the case of Hilton v. Guyot (159 U.S. 113, 1895). In this case defendants are citizens of the…more
William Bennett Munro, Professor of Municipal Government at Harvard University, in his work "The Government of the United States: National, State, and Local" (1919) writes at page 73: “So far as the rules of international law…more
A natural (native) born citizen is one who is born with the territory of a government (country) and subject to its jurisdiction.
A natural (native) born citizen under Article II, Section 1, Clause 5, before the adoption…more
In the case of Coury v. Prot, Circuit Judge Dennis concludes that the word "resides" as used in the Section 1, Clause 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment means "domiciled" in a State. This is shown to be wrong. In the…more
