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Even if the term “United States” in the first clause might be argued to include the whole territory of the nation called the “United States” and not just specif
by lutorm 9y ago
Even if the term “United States” in the first clause might be argued to include the whole territory of the nation called the “United States” and not just specifically the constituent states
So you're arguing that people born in the District of Columbia aren't US citizens either?
- dragonwriter 9y ago> So you're arguing that people born in the District of Columbia aren't US citizens either? No, I'm arguing that the debate about the scope of the term “United States” in the first clause of the Amendment has no impact on the scope of term “State” in the rest of the Amendment.