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> It uses the term of "citizen" but does not specify a requirement or legal definition. Then we agree; it very much includes the concept of citizenship.
by ceejayoz 1y ago
> It uses the term of "citizen" but does not specify a requirement or legal definition.
Then we agree; it very much includes the concept of citizenship.
- legitster 1y agoMaybe it includes a reference to citizenship but it does not define it as a constitutional concept. It also certainly doesn't make it a requirement of the constitution, as sitting US politicians or the OP are currently arguing. If this is what you are defending than we couldn't disagree more.
- ceejayoz 1y agoIt doesn't define a lot of things; treason's the only crime defined, for example, but we knew a whole bunch of others existed on day one. It does clearly imply a difference between "natural-born" citizens and naturalized ones, and that citizens and residents/people/persons aren't the exact same thing. The choice to use "citizen" in some spots and "person" in many others seems very deliberate.