 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1874 - 834 pages
...create, citizens of the United States, and it makes their citizenship drpeinlent upon the place of their birth, or the fact of their adoption, and not upon...State or the condition of their ancestry. A citizen of ยป State is now only a citizen of the United States residing in that State. The fund* mental rights,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1881 - 628 pages
...United States. It makes. citizenship dependent upon the place of one's birth, or the fact of one's adoption, and not upon the Constitution or laws of any State, or the condition of one's ancestry. The " privileges and immunities" of a citizen of the United States include among other... | |
 | Alabama State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1903 - 1078 pages
...create, citizens of the United States, and it makes their citizenship dependent upon the place of their birth, or the fact of their adoption, and not upon the constitution or laws of any State or condition of their ancestry. A citizen of a State is now only a citizen of the United States, residing... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1886 - 968 pages
...create, citizens of the United States, and it makes their citizenship dependent upon the place of their birth, or the fact of their adoption, and not upon...of any state or the condition of their ancestry." Immediately following the declaration that " all persons born or naturalized in the United States and... | |
 | American fiction - 1893 - 542 pages
...create citizens of the United States, and it makes their citizenship dependent upon the place of their birth, or the fact of their adoption, and not upon...of any State or the condition of their ancestry." l The amendment declares that there is a citizenship of the United States without regard to the fact... | |
 | American fiction - 1893 - 544 pages
...create citizens of the United States, and it makes their citizenship dependent upon the place of their birth, or the fact of their adoption, and not upon...Constitution or laws of any State or the condition of their ancestry."1 The amendment declares that there is a citizenship of the United States without regard... | |
 | Pilot guides - 1893 - 286 pages
...was henceforth to make citizens of another sovereign. In the language of Mr. Justice Field (p. 95) "a citizen of a State is now only a citizen of the United States, residing in that State." "It is now settled," said Mr. Justice Bradley (p. 112), " that citizenship of the United States is... | |
 | Chauncey F. Black, Samuel B. Smith - Constitutional history - 1895 - 808 pages
...create, citizens of the United States, and it makes their citizenship dependent upon the place of their birth, or the fact of their adoption, and not upon...laws of any State or the condition of their ancestry JA citizen of a State is now only a citizen of the United States residingin that State.1 The fundamental... | |
| |
The first clause of the fourteenth Amendment changes this whole subject, and removes it from the region of discussion and doubt. It recognizes in express terms, if it does not create, citizens of the United States, and it makes their citizenship dependent... 
