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YesacitizenofaState, underArticleIV,Section2,Clause1oftheConstitution oftheUnitedStatesofAmerica, canobtainaPassport

2011DanGoodman TherearetwoprovisionsthatrelatetogettingapassportintheUnitedStates(of America).Theyare: Nopassportshallbegrantedorissuedtoorverifiedforanyotherpersonsthat thoseowingallegiance,whethercitizensornot,totheUnitedStates.22U.S.C.212 (2010).


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BeforeapassportisissuedtoanypersonbyorunderauthorityoftheUnited Statessuchpersonshallsubscribetoandsubmitawrittenapplicationwhichshall containatruerecitalofeachandeverymatteroffactwhichmayberequiredbylaw orbyanyrulesauthorizedbylawtobestatedasaprerequisitetotheissuanceof anysuchpassport.IftheapplicanthasnotpreviouslybeenissuedaUnitedStates passport,theapplicationshallbedulyverifiedbyhisoathbeforeaperson authorizedandempoweredbytheSecretaryofStatetoadministeroaths.22U.S.C. 213(2010).


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Thefirstprovisiondealswithcitizenship.Thesecondconcernsidentity.This articledealswiththefirst. 22U.S.C.212nolongerappliestoacitizenoftheUnitedStates.In1902,22U.S.C. 212waschanged.IntheActJune14,1902,substitutedthoseowingallegiance, whethercitizensornot,totheUnitedStatesforcitizensoftheUnitedStates. 1

[Footnote1]Amendments,22U.S.C.212(2010).Inaddition,at22U.S.C.211(a) (2010),itstates: TheSecretaryofStatemaygrantandissuepassports,andcausepassportstobe granted,issued,andverifiedinforeigncountriesbydiplomaticandconsularofficers oftheUnitedStates,andbysuchotheremployeesoftheDepartmentofStatewho arecitizensoftheUnitedStatesastheSecretaryofStatemaydesignate.


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If22U.S.C.212appliedonlytocitizensoftheUnitedStates,thenthesection wouldhavebeenchangedbackwhenTitle22wasbeingcompiled,tobeconsistent with22U.S.C211(a).However,thiswasnotdone.Whichmeans22U.S.C.212does notapplytoonlycitizensoftheUnitedStates. ThereasonthisissoisbecausetherearetwocitizensinthenationoftheUnited StateswhichoweallegiancetotheUnitedStates;thefirst,isacitizenoftheUnited States,underSection1oftheFourteenthAmendment,andthesecond,isacitizenof theseveralStates(united),underArticleIV,Section2,Clause1oftheConstitution. AcitizenofaState,underArticleIV,Section2,Clause1oftheConstitutionofthe UnitedStatesofAmerica,sincetheratificationoftheFourteenthAmendment, cannotassuchacitizenobtainapassportunder22U.S.C.212.Thisisbecausea citizenofaState,owesallegiancetoaparticularState[Footnote2],[Footnote3]. However,acitizenofaState,underArticleIV,Section2,Clause1ofthe Constitution,isentitledtoprivilegesandimmunitiesofacitizenoftheseveral States,underArticleIV,Section2,Clause1oftheConstitution[Footnote5],andas suchisnowalsoacitizenoftheseveralStates,underArticleIV,Section2,Clause1 oftheConstitution.[Footnote6] AcitizenofaState,underArticleIV,Section2,Clause1oftheConstitution,isa citizenoftheseveralStates(united),onthehighseas[Footnote7].Assuch,a citizenofaState,underArticleIV,Section2,Clause1oftheConstitution,isacitizen oftheseveralStatesunitedunderinternationallaw,orthelawofnations. [Footnote8] AcitizenoftheUnitedStates,beforetheFourteenthAmendment,wasthesameas acitizenoftheseveralStatesunited[Footnote10]. IntheSlaughterhouseCases,theSupremeCourtsplitacitizenoftheUnited States/acitizenoftheseveralStatesunitedintotwoseparateanddistinctcitizens;a 2

citizenoftheUnitedStatesandacitizenoftheseveralStates[Footnote12]. Thereafter,therewasacitizenoftheUnitedStatesandacitizenoftheseveralStates (united): Itisquiteclear,then,thatthereisacitizenshipoftheUnitedStates,anda citizenshipofastate,whicharedistinctfromeachother,andwhichdependupon differentcharacteristicsorcircumstancesintheindividual. WethinkthisdistinctionanditsexplicitrecognitioninthisAmendmentofgreat weightinthisargument,becausethenextparagraphofthissamesection(first section,secondclause),whichistheonemainlyreliedonbytheplaintiffsinerror, speaksonlyofprivilegesandimmunitiesofcitizensoftheUnitedStates,and doesnotspeakofthoseofcitizensoftheseveralstates.Theargument,however,in favoroftheplaintiffs,restswhollyontheassumptionthatthecitizenshipisthesame andtheprivilegesandimmunitiesguaranteedbytheclausearethesame. SlaughterhouseCases:83U.S.36,74(1873).
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SincetheFourteenthAmendmentandtheSlaughterhouseCases,thereisacitizen oftheUnitedStates,whoisnotacitizenoftheseveralStates(united)andacitizen oftheseveralStates(united)whoisnotacitizenoftheUnitedStates.[Footnote 13] AcitizenoftheUnitedStatesowesallegiancetotheUnitedStates,andifresident inaStateoftheUnion,owesallegiancealsototheparticularState.[Footnote14] AcitizenoftheseveralStates(united)owesallegiancetotheseveralStates united;thatis,theUnitedStates.[Footnote15] Thus,acitizenofaState,underArticleIV,Section2,Clause1oftheConstitution, can,asacitizenoftheseveralStates,underArticleIV,Section2,Clause1ofthe Constitution,obtainapassportunder22U.S.C.212.Thisisbecauseacitizenofa State,asacitizenoftheseveralStates(united)owesallegiancetotheseveralStates united;thatis,theUnitedStates. ________________________ Footnotes: 1.Inparticular,onJune14,1902,CongresspassedAnActToamendsectionsfour thousandandseventysix,fourthousandandseventyeight,andfourthousandand 3

seventyfiveoftheRevisedStatutes.AtSection2itstates: ThatsectionfourthousandandseventysixoftheRevisedStatutesishereby amendedsoastoreadasfollows:Nopassportshallbegrantedorissuedtoor verifiedforanyotherpersonsthanthoseowingallegiance,whethercitizensornot, totheUnitedStates.


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2.Onthetrialinthecourtbelowthevalidityofthediscriminatingprovisionsofthe statuteofVirginiabetweenherowncorporationsandcorporationsofotherStates wasassailed.Itwascontendedthatthestatuteinthisparticularwasinconflictwith thatclauseoftheConstitutionwhichdeclaresthatthecitizensofeachStateshall beentitledtoalltheprivilegesandimmunitiesofcitizensintheseveralStates, andtheclausewhichdeclaresthatCongressshallhavepowertoregulatecommerce withforeignnationsandamongtheseveralStates.Thesamegroundsareurgedin thiscourtforthereversalofthejudgment. Theanswerwhichreadilyoccurstotheobjectionfoundeduponthefirstclause consistsinthefactthatcorporationsarenotcitizenswithinitsmeaning.Theterm citizensasthereusedappliesonlytonaturalpersons,membersofthebody politic,owingallegiancetotheState,nottoartificialpersonscreatedbythe legislaturehasprescribed.Itistruethatithasbeenheldthatwherecontractsor rightsofpropertyaretobeenforcedbyoragainstcorporations,thecourtsofthe UnitedStateswill,forthepurposeofmaintainingjurisdiction,considerthe corporationasrepresentingcitizensoftheStateunderthelawsofwhichitis created,andtothisextentwilltreatacorporationasacitizenwithintheclauseof theConstitutionextendingthejudicialpoweroftheUnitedStatestocontroversies betweencitizensofdifferentStates.Paulv.StateofVirginia:75U.S.(Wall.8)168, at177thru178(1869). http://books.google.com/books?id= bwGAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA177#v=onepage&q&f=false 3.IntheSlaughterhouseCases,theSupremeCourtheldthatacitizenofaStatewas separateanddistinctfromacitizenoftheUnitedStates: OftheprivilegesandimmunitiesofthecitizenoftheUnitedStates,andof theprivilegesandimmunitiesofthecitizenoftheState,andwhattheyrespective are,wewillpresentlyconsider;butwewishtostateherethatitisonlytheformer whichareplacedbythisclause(Section1,Clause2oftheFourteenthAmendment) undertheprotectionoftheFederalConstitution,andthatthelatter,whateverthey 4

maybe,arenotintendedtohaveanyadditionalprotectionbythisparagraphofthe amendment.SlaughterhouseCases:83U.S.(16Wall.)36,at74(1873).
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Inaddition: IntheSlaughterhousecases,16Wall.36,thesubjectoftheprivilegesor immunitiesofcitizensoftheUnitedStates,asdistinguishedfromthoseofa particularState,wastreatedbyMr.JusticeMillerindeliveringtheopinionofthe court.Hestated...thatitwasonlyprivilegesandimmunitiesofthecitizenof theUnitedStatesthatwereplacedbythe[Fourteenth]amendmentunderthe protectionoftheFederalConstitution,andthattheprivilegesandimmunitiesof acitizenofaState,whatevertheymightbe,werenotintendedtohaveany additionalprotectionbytheparagraphinquestion,buttheymustrestfortheir securityandprotectionwheretheyhaveheretoforerested.Maxwellv.Dow:176 U.S.581,at587(1900).
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And: ...Itis,then,totheFourteenthAmendmentthattheadvocatesofthe congressionalactmustresorttofindauthorityforitsenactment,andtothefirst sectionofthatamendment,whichisasfollows:Allpersonsbornornaturalizedin theUnitedStates,andsubjecttothejurisdictionthereof,arecitizensoftheUnited States,andoftheStatewhereintheyreside.NoStateshallmakeorenforceanylaw whichshallabridgetheprivilegesorimmunitiesofcitizensoftheUnitedStates,nor shallanyStatedepriveanypersonoflife,liberty,orproperty,withoutdueprocess oflaw,nordenytoanypersonwithinitsjurisdictiontheequalprotectionofthe laws. Inthefirstclauseofthissection,declaringwhoarecitizensoftheUnitedStates, thereisnothingwhichtouchesthesubjectunderconsideration.Thesecondclause, declaringthatnoStateshallmakeorenforceanylawwhichwillabridgethe privilegesorimmunitiesofcitizensoftheUnitedStates,islimited,accordingto thedecisionofthiscourtinSlaughterHouseCases,tosuchprivilegesand immunitiesasbelongtocitizensoftheUnitedStates,asdistinguishedfrom thoseofcitizensoftheState.Nealv.StateofDelaware:103U.S.370,at406 (1880).[SeeFootnote4]
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SonowthereisacitizenofaStateandthereisacitizenoftheUnitedStates: WecometothecontentionthatthecitizenshipofEdwardswasnotaverredin thecomplaintorshownbytherecord,andhencejurisdictiondidnotappear. Inansweringthequestion,whethertheCircuitCourthadjurisdictionofthe controversy,wemustputourselvesintheplaceoftheCircuitCourtofAppeals,and decidethequestionwithreferencetothetranscriptofrecordinthatcourt. HadthetranscriptshownnothingmoreastothestatusofEdwardsthanthe avermentofthecomplaintthathewasaresidentoftheStateofDelaware,assuch anavermentwouldnotnecessarilyhaveimportedthatEdwardswasacitizenof Delaware,anegativeanswerwouldhavebeenimpelledbypriordecisions.Mexican CentralRy.Co.v.Duthie,189U.S.76;Hornev.GeorgeH.HammondCo.,155U.S.393; Dennyv.Pironi,141U.S.121;Robertsonv.Cease,97U.S.646.Thewholerecord, however,maybelookedto,forthepurposeofcuringadefectiveavermentof citizenship,wherejurisdictioninaFederalcourtisassertedtodependupon diversityofcitizenship,andiftherequisitecitizenship,isanywhereexpressly averredintherecord,orfactsarethereinstatedwhichinlegalintendment constitutesuchallegation,thatissufficient.Hornev.GeorgeH.HammondCo.,supra andcasescited. Asthisisanactionatlaw,weareboundtoassumethatthetestimonyofthe plaintiffcontainedinthecertificateoftheCircuitCourtofAppeals,andrecitedto havebeengivenonthetrial,waspreservedinabillofexceptions,whichformed partofthetranscriptofrecordfiledintheCircuitCourtofAppeals.Beingapartof therecord,andpropertoberesortedtoinsettlingaquestionofthecharacterof thatnowunderconsideration,Robertsonv.Cease,97U.S.648,wecometoascertain whatisestablishedbytheuncontradictedevidencereferredto. Inthefirstplace,itshowsthatEdwards,priortohisemploymentontheNewYork SunandtheNewHavenPalladium,waslegallydomiciledintheStateofDelaware. Next,itdemonstratesthathehadnointentiontoabandonsuchdomicil,forhe testifiedunderoathasfollows:OneofthereasonsIlefttheNewHavenPalladium was,itwastoofarawayfromhome.IlivedinDelaware,andIhadtogobackand forth.MyfamilyareoverinDelaware.Now,itiselementarythat,toeffectachange ofoneslegaldomicil,twothingsareindispensable:First,residenceinanew domicil,and,second,theintentiontoremainthere.Thechangecannotbemade, exceptfactoetanimo.Botharealikenecessary.Eitherwithouttheotheris insufficient.Mereabsencefromafixedhome,howeverlongcontinued,cannotwork thechange.Mitchellv.UnitedStates,21Wall.350. AsDelawaremust,then,beheldtohavebeenthelegaldomicilofEdwardsatthe timehecommencedthisaction,haditappearedthathewasacitizenofthe UnitedStates,itwouldhaveresulted,byoperationoftheFourteenth 6

Amendment,thatEdwardswasalsoacitizenoftheStateofDelaware.Anderson v.Watt,138U.S.694.Bethisasitmay,however,Delawarebeingthelegaldomicilof Edwards,itwasimpossibleforhimtohavebeenacitizenofanotherState,District, orTerritory,andhemustthenhavebeeneitheracitizenofDelawareoracitizen orsubjectofaforeignState.Ineitherofthesecontingencies,theCircuitCourt wouldhavehadjurisdictionoverthecontroversy.But,inthelightofthetestimony, wearesatisfiedthattheavermentinthecomplaint,thatEdwardswasaresidentof theStateofDelaware,wasintendedtomean,and,reasonablyconstrued,mustbe interpretedasaverring,thattheplaintiffwasacitizenoftheStateofDelaware. Jonesv.Andrews,10Wall.327,331;ExpressCompanyv.Kountze,8Wall.342.Sun Printing&PublishingAssociationv.Edwards:194U.S.377,at381thru383(1904).
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4.PrivilegesandimmunitiesofcitizenofaStatearelocatedintheconstitutionand lawsofanindividualState: ...Whatevermaybethescopeofsection2ofarticleIVandweneednot,in thiscaseenteruponaconsiderationofthegeneralquestiontheConstitutionof theUnitedStatesdoesnotmaketheprivilegesandimmunitiesenjoyedbythe citizensofoneStateundertheconstitutionandlawsofthatState,themeasureofthe privilegesandimmunitiestobeenjoyed,asofright,byacitizenofanotherState underitsconstitutionandlaws.McKanev.Durston:153U.S.684,at687(1894).


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5.TherecanbenodoubtthatBalk,asacitizenoftheStateofNorthCarolina,had therighttosueHarrisinMarylandtorecoverthedebtwhichHarrisowedhim. BeingacitizenofNorthCarolina,hewasentitledtoalltheprivilegesand immunitiesofcitizensoftheseveralStates,oneofwhichistherighttoinstitute actionsinthecourtsofanotherState.Harrisv.Balk:198U.S.215,at223(1905).


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...So,aStatemay,byruleuniforminitsoperationastocitizensoftheseveral States,requireresidencewithinitslimitsforagiventimebeforeacitizenofanother Statewhobecomesaresidentthereofshallexercisetherightofsuffrageorbecome eligibletooffice.Ithasneverbeensupposedthatregulationsofthatcharacter materiallyinterferedwiththeenjoymentbycitizensofeachStateoftheprivileges andimmunitiessecuredbytheConstitutionTOCITIZENSOFTHESEVERAL STATES.TheConstitutionforbidsonlysuchlegislationaffectingcitizensofthe 7

respectiveStatesaswillsubstantiallyorpracticallyputacitizenofoneStateina conditionofalienagewhenheiswithinorwhenheremovestoanotherState,or whenassertinginanotherStatetherightsthatcommonlyappertaintothosewho arepartofthepoliticalcommunityknownasthePeopleoftheUnitedStates,byand forwhomtheGovernmentoftheUnionwasordainedandestablished.Blakev. McClung:172US.239,at256thru257(1898).


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6.Theintentionofsection2ofArticle4wastoconferonthecitizensofthe severalStatesageneralcitizenship,andtocommunicatealltheprivilegesand immunitieswhichthecitizensofthesameStatewouldbeentitledtounderthelike circumstances,andthisincludestherighttoinstituteactions.Colev.Cunningham: 133U.S.107,at113thru114(1890).


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Inspeakingofthemeaningofthephraseprivilegesandimmunitiesof citizensoftheseveralStates,undersectionsecond,articlefourth,ofthe Constitution,itwassaidbythepresentChiefJustice,inColev.Cunningham,133U.S. 107,thattheintentionwastoconferonthecitizensoftheseveralStatesageneral citizenship,andtocommunicatealltheprivilegesandimmunitieswhichthe citizensofthesameStatewouldbeentitledtounderthelikecircumstances,and thisincludestherighttoinstituteactions..Maxwellv.Dow:176U.S.581,at592 (1900).


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7.AcitizenofaState,underArticleIV,Section2,Clause1oftheConstitution,isa citizenoftheseveralStates,onthehighseas: IftheUnitedStatesmaycontroltheconductofitscitizensuponthehighseas, weseenoreasonwhytheStateofFloridamaynotlikewisegoverntheconductof itscitizensuponthehighseaswithrespecttomattersinwhichtheStatehasa legitimateinterestandwherethereisnoconflictwithactsofCongress.Savefor thepowerscommittedbytheConstitutiontotheUnion,theStateofFloridahas retainedthestatusofaSOVEREIGN..... ...Whenitsactiondoesnotconflictwithfederallegislation,thesovereign authorityoftheStateovertheconductofitscitizensuponthehighseasisanalogous tothesovereignauthorityoftheUnitedStatesoveritscitizensinlike 8

circumstances.Skiriotesv.StateofFlorida:313U.S.69,at77,78thru79(1941).
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However,intheareaofmarriage(anddivorce)aparticularStatehasexclusive authority: ...[I]tiscertainthattheConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesconfersnopower whateveruponthegovernmentoftheUnitedStatestoregulatemarriageinthe Statesoritsdissolution.Andrewsv.Andrews:188U.S.14,at32(1903).


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...Everystatehasthepowertoenactlawswhichwillpersonallybindits citizenswhilesojourninginaforeignjurisdictionprovidedsuchlawsprofesstoso bindthem,andtodeclarethatmarriagescontractedbetweenitscitizensinforeign statesindisregardofthestatutesofthestateoftheirdomicilewillnotbe recognizedinthecourtsofthelatterstate,thoughvalidwherecelebrated.Rothv. Roth,104Ill.35,44AmRep.81.Thequestion,therefore,iswhetherthestatute quotedwasclearlyintendedtoapplytomarriagescontractedoutsidethestate,for, unlesstheintentionisclear,theoperationofthestatutemustbelimitedto marriageswithinthestate.... ...Thesecasessustaintheprinciplethat,whereastatehasenactedastatute lawfullyimposinguponitscitizensanincapacitytocontractmarriagebyreasonofa positivepolicyofthestatefortheprotectionofthemoralsandgoodorderofsociety againstserioussocialevils,amarriagecontractedindisregardoftheprohibitionof thestatute,wherevercelebrated,willbevoid.Wilsonv.Cook:100N.E.222,at222 thru223(1912).
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AcitizenofaState,underArticleIV,Section2,Clause1oftheConstitution,isa citizenoftheseveralStates,whenonthehighseas: Actiontohaveacertainmarriagebetweenplaintiffanddefendantdeclared validandbindingupontheparties.Asecondamendedcomplaintalleged:Thaton August2,1897,defendantwasaminoroftheageof15yearsand10months,and thatherfather,oneA.C.Thomson,washernaturalandonlyguardian.Plaintiffwas oftheageof21yearsand10months,andbothplaintiffanddefendantwere citizensandresidentsofLosAngelescounty,Cal.Onsaiddayplaintiffand defendant,atLongBeach,onthecoastofCalifornia,boardedacertainfishingand 9

pleasureschooner,of17tonsburden,calledtheJ.Willey,dulylicensedunderthe lawsoftheUnitedStates,ofwhichW.L.Piersonwascaptain,andwasenrolledas masterthereof,andhadfullchargeofsaidvessel.Saidvesselproceededtoapoint onthehighseasaboutninemilesfromthenearestpointfromtheboundaryofthe stateandoftheUnitedStates.Thepartiesthenandthereagreed,inthepresenceof saidPierson,tobecomehusbandandwife,andthesaidPiersonperformedthe ceremonyofmarriage,and,amongotherthings,theypromisedinhispresenceto takeeachotherforhusbandandwife,andhepronouncedthemhusbandandwife. Neitherpartyhadtheconsentofthefatherormotherorguardianofdefendantto saidmarriage.... Appellantcontends(1)thatthemarriageisvalidbecauseperformeduponthe highseas;and(2)thatitwouldhavebeenvalidifperformedwithinthisstate, becausethereisnolawexpresslydeclaringittobevoid.Respondentpresentsthe caseupontwopropositions,claiming(1)thatnovalidmarriagecanbecontractedin thisstate,exceptincompliancewiththeprescribedformsofthelawsofthisstate, andcontractavalidmarriage. Sections4082,4290,722,Rev.St.U.S.,arecitedbyappellantasrecognizing marriagesatseaandbeforeforeignconsuls,andthatsection722declaresthe commonlawastomarriagetobeinforceonthehighseasonboardAmerican vessels.Wehavecarefullyexaminedthestatutesreferredto,anddonotfindthat theygivetheslightestsupporttoappellantsclaim.Thelawofthesea,asitmay relatetothemarriageofcitizensoftheUnitedStatesdomiciledinCalifornia, cannotbereferredtothecommonlawofEngland,anymorethanitcantothelawof FranceorSpain,oranyotherforeigncounty.Wecanfindnolawofcongress,and nonehasbeenpointedoutbyappellant,inwhichthegeneralgovernmenthas undertakenorassumedtolegislategenerallyuponthesubjectofmarriageon thesea.Nor,indeed,canwefindinthegrantofpowerstothegeneral governmentbytheseveralstates,asexpressedinthenationalconstitution,any provisionbywhichcongressisempoweredtodeclarewhatshallconstitutea validmarriagebetweencitizensoftheseveralstatesuponthesea,eitherwithin orwithouttheconventionalthreemilelimitoftheshoreofanystate;andclearly doesnosuchpowerrestincongresstoregulatemarriagesonland,exceptinthe DistrictofColumbiaandtheterritoriesoftheUnitedStates,orwhereispowerof exclusivejurisdiction.Wemustlookelsewherethantotheactsofcongressforthe lawgoverningthecaseinhand.Normanv.Norman:54Pac.Rep.143,143thru144 (1898).
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AccordingtotheUnitedStatesNavy,onecanbeacitizenofaState,underArticle IV,Section2,Clause1oftheConstitution,withoutbeingacitizenoftheUnited 10

States,undertheFourteenthAmendment: AsamanmaybeacitizenofaStatewithoutbeingacitizenoftheUnited States,andasSection1428,RevisedStatutes,requiresallofficersofallUnited StatesvesselstobecitizensoftheUnitedStates,allofficersoftheNavalMilitiamust bemalecitizensoftheUnitedStatesaswellasoftherespectiveStates,Territories, oftheDistrictofColumbia,ofmorethan18andlessthan45yearsofage.General OrdersofNavyDepartment(Seriesof1913);Ordersremaininginforceupto January29,1918;GeneralOrderNo.153,Page17,Para73.


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And,fromtheUnitedStatesNavalInstituteProceedings,Volume45,No.7,July 1919,atpage1790thru1791thereisthefollowing:
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MerchantMarine... Thenationalityofthoseshippedasofficers(excludingmasters)andmen (countingrepeatedshipments)beforeUnitedStatesShippingCommissioners,as returnedtotheBureauofNavigation,DepartmentofCommerce,wasasfollowsfor 1914and1919: Nationality19141919 Others11,44238,811 ThoseclassedasothersaremainlyfromthecountriesofSouthAmerica, citizensoftheseveralstateswhichhavebeencreatedbythewar,andSwiss shippingasstewards.U.S.Bulletin,9/8. ThisreportoftheNationalityofCrewscanbeseenfortheyears1907through 1922,inclusive,attheselinks:
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(onpage15) Again,acitizenofaState,underArticleIV,Section2,Clause1oftheConstitution, isacitizenoftheseveralStates,onthehighseas. 8.Referringto1307ofMr.JusticeStorysCommentariesontheConstitution,and 11

thecasescited,towhichheaddedBentonv.Burgot,10S.&R.240,thelearnedjudge inquired:What,then,istherightofastatetoexerciseauthorityoverthepersonsof thosewhobelongtoanotherjurisdiction,andwhohaveperhapsnotbeenoutofthe boundariesofit?(p.450)andquotedfromVattel,Burge,andfromMr.JusticeStory (ConflictofLaws,c.14,539),thatnosovereigntycanextenditsprocessbeyond itsownterritoriallimitstosubjectotherpersonsorpropertytoitsjudicial decisions.Everyexertionofauthoritybeyondtheselimitsisamerenullity,and incapableofbindingsuchpersonsorpropertyinothertribunals,andthus continued:Suchisthefamiliar,reasonable,andjustprincipleofthelawofnations; anditisscarcesupposablethattheframersoftheConstitutiondesignedtoabrogate itbetweenStateswhichweretoremainasindependentofeachother,forallbut nationalpurposes,astheywerebeforetherevolution.....(page296) Publicistsconcurthatdomicilegenerallydeterminestheparticularterritorial jurisprudencetowhicheveryindividualissubjected.AscorrectlysaidbyMr. Wharton,thenationalityofourcitizensisthatoftheUnitedStates(theseveral Statesunited)[Fn9],andbythelawsoftheUnitedStates(theseveralStates united)[Fn9]theyareboundinallmattersinwhichtheUnitedStates(the severalStatesunited)ARE[SeeFootnote9]sovereign;butinothermatters,their domicileisintheparticularState,andthatdeterminestheapplicatoryterritorial jurisprudence.Aforeignjudgmentisimpeachableforwantofpersonalservice withinthejurisdictionofthedefendant,thisbeinginternationallyessentialto jurisdictioninallcasesinwhichthedefendantisnotasubjectoftheStateentering judgment;anditiscompetentforadefendantinanactiononajudgmentofasister State,asinanactionofaforeignjudgment,tosetupasadefense,wantof jurisdiction,inthathewasnotaninhabitantoftheStaterenderingthejudgment andhadnotbeenservedwithprocessanddidnotenterhisappearance.Whart. ConflictLaws,32,654,660;StoryConflictLaws,539,540,586. JohnBengewasacitizenofMarylandwhenheexecutedthisobligation.The subjectmatterofthesuitagainsthiminPennsylvaniawasmerelythe determinationofhispersonalliability.Grover&BakerSewingMachineCompany v.Radcliffe:137U.S.287,at296,297thru298(1890).
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9.ThetermtheUnitedStates,asusedtherein,referstotheseveralStatesunited: Atthetimeoftheformationoftheconstitution,theStatesweremembersofthe confederacyunitedunderthestyleoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica,anduponthe expressconditionthateachStateretainsitssovereignty,freedom,and independence.Andtheconsiderationthat,undertheconfederation,We,the peopleoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica,indubitablysignifiedthepeopleofthe 12

severalStatesoftheUnion,asfree,independentandsovereignStates,coupledwith thefactthattheconstitutionwasacontinuationofthesameUnion(amoreperfect Union),andamererevisionorremodelingoftheconfederation,isabsolutely conclusivethat,bytheterm,theUnitedStatesismeanttheseveralStatesunited asindependentandsovereigncommunities;andbythewords,We,thepeopleof theUnitedStates,ismeantthepeopleoftheseveralStatesasdistinctandsovereign communities,andnotthepeopleofthewholeUnitedStatescollectivelyasanation. Stuntv.SteamboatOhio:4Am.Law.Reg.49,at95(1855),Dis.Ct.,HamiltonCounty, Ohio;and(samewording)PiquaBankv.Knoup,Treasurer:6Ohio261,at303thru 304(1856).
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ThisisalsoshownintheConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesofAmericaatArticleIII, Section3,Clause1,whereatitstates: TreasonagainsttheUnitedStates,shallconsistonlyinlevyingWaragainst THEM.


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10.TheactofCongressreferredtointhefirstsectionoftheactof11thApril,1799 isrepealedandsuppliedbyanactpassed14thApril,1802,whichisincorporatedin thisnoteforthepurposeofconnectingthewholelawonthesubject. Anacttoestablishanuniformruleofnaturalization,andtorepealtheacts heretoforepassedonthatsubject. Beinenacted,&c.Thatanyalienbeingafreewhiteperson,maybeadmittedto becomeacitizenoftheUnitedStates,oranyofthem[SeeFootnote11],onthe followingconditions,andnototherwise: First,Thatheshallhavedeclared,onoathoraffirmation,beforetheSupreme, Superior,DistrictorCircuitCourtofsomeoneofthestatesoroftheterritorial districtsoftheUnitedStates,oraCircuitorDistrictCourtoftheUnitedStates,three yearsatleastbeforehisadmission,thatitwas,bonafide,hisintentiontobecomea citizenoftheUnitedStates,andtorenounceforeverallallegianceandfidelitytoany foreignprince,potentate,stateorsovereigntywhereofsuchalienmay,atthetime, beacitizenorsubject. Secondly,Thatheshall,atthetimeofhisapplicationtobeadmitted,declareon 13

oathoraffirmation,beforesomeoneofthecourtsaforesaid,thathewillsupportthe constitutionoftheUnitedStates,andthathedothabsolutelyandentirelyrenounce andabjureallallegianceandfidelitytoeveryforeignprince,potentate,state,or sovereigntywhatever,andparticularly,byname,theprince,potentate,state,or sovereigntywhereofhewasbeforeacitizenorsubject,whichproceedingsshallbe recordedbytheclerkofthecourt.LawsoftheCommonwealthofPennsylvania, FromtheFourteenthDayofOctober,OneThousandSevenHundred.Republished, UndertheAuthorityoftheLegislaturewithNotesandReferences,Volume4, (1810);Philadelphia:JohnBioren,page364.


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11.ThetermtheUnitedStates,asusedtherein,referstotheseveralStates united: Atthetimeoftheformationoftheconstitution,theStatesweremembersofthe confederacyunitedunderthestyleoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica,anduponthe expressconditionthateachStateretainsitssovereignty,freedom,and independence.Andtheconsiderationthat,undertheconfederation,We,the peopleoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica,indubitablysignifiedthepeopleofthe severalStatesoftheUnion,asfree,independentandsovereignStates,coupledwith thefactthattheconstitutionwasacontinuationofthesameUnion(amoreperfect Union),andamererevisionorremodelingoftheconfederation,isabsolutely conclusivethat,bytheterm,theUnitedStatesismeanttheseveralStatesunited asindependentandsovereigncommunities;andbythewords,We,thepeopleof theUnitedStates,ismeantthepeopleoftheseveralStatesasdistinctandsovereign communities,andnotthepeopleofthewholeUnitedStatescollectivelyasanation. Stuntv.SteamboatOhio:4Am.Law.Reg.49,at95(1855),Dis.Ct.,HamiltonCounty, Ohio;and(samewording)PiquaBankv.Knoup,Treasurer:6Ohio261,at303thru 304(1856).
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ThisisalsoshownintheConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesofAmericaatArticleII, Section1,Clause7,whereatitstates: ThePresidentshall,atstatedTimes,receiveforhisServices,aCompensation, whichshallneitherbeincreasednordiminishedduringthePeriodforwhichhe shallhavebeenelected,andheshallnotreceivewithinthatPeriodanyother EmolumentfromtheUnitedStates,oranyofthem.


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12.However,theseveralStatesunitedwerenotaffectedbytheFourteenth Amendment.TheystillwereequivalenttotheUnitedStates: ThepeopleoftheUnitedStatesconstituteonenation,underonegovernment, andthisgovernment,withinthescopeofthepowerswithwhichitisinvested,is supreme.Ontheotherhand,thepeopleofeachStatecomposeaState,havingits owngovernment,andendowedwithallthefunctionsessentialtoseparateand independentexistence.TheStatesdisunitedmightcontinuetoexist.Withoutthe StatesinuniontherecouldbenosuchpoliticalbodyastheUnitedStates.Lane Countyv.theStateofOregon:74U.S.(Wall.7)71,at76(1868).


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13.PrivilegesandimmunitiesofacitizenoftheseveralStatesarenotthesameas theprivilegesandimmunitiesofacitizenoftheUnitedStates: ...TheprivilegesandimmunitiesofcitizensoftheUnitedStatesprotectedbythe fourteenthamendment,areprivilegesandimmunitiesarisingoutofthenatureand essentialcharacterofthefederalGovernment,andgrantedorsecuredbytheConstitution. Duncanv.Missouri(1904)152U.S.377,14Sup.Ct.570,38L.Ed.485;SlaughterHouse Cases,16Wall.36,21L.Ed.394. Theprovisionsofsection2,art.4,ofthefederalConstitution,thatcitizensofeachstate shallbeentitledtoprivilegesandimmunitiesofcitizensoftheseveralstates,areheldtobe synonymouswithrightsofthecitizens.Corfieldv.Coryell,supra.Thissectionisakintothe provisionofsection1ofthefourteenthamendment,asrespectsprivilegesandimmunities, buttheformerisheldnottomaketheprivilegesandimmunities(therights)enjoyedby citizensoftheseveralstatesthemeasureoftheprivilegesandimmunities(therights)tobe enjoyedasofright,byacitizenofanotherstate,underitsConstitutionandlaws.McKanev. Durston,153U.S.684,14Sup.Ct.913,38L.Ed.867.Thisrulenecessarilyclassifiescitizens intheirrightstotheextentthatacitizenofonestatewheninanotherstatemustbe governedbythesameruleswhichapplytothecitizensofthatstateastomatterswhichare ofthedomesticconcernofthestate.Colev.Cunningham,133U.S.107,10Sup.Ct.269,33L. Ed.538;Peoplev.Gallagher,93N.Y.438,45Am.Rep.232;ButchersUnionv.CrescentCity, Mo.,111U.S.746,4SupCt.652,28L.Ed.585;ExparteKinney,14Fed.Cas.602;Douglasv. Stephens,1Del.Ch.465.Strangev.BoardofCommission:91N.E.242,at246(1910).
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buttheprivilegesandimmunitiesofcitizensoftheUnitedStates.Thedifferenceis inahighdegreeimportant.CommentariesontheConstitutionoftheUnitedStates, FifthEdition;JosephStory,LL.D.,(Boston:Little,Brown,andCompany);1891, VolumeII,page683,1937.


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14.The[citizens]oftheUnitedStatesresidentwithinanyStatearesubjecttotwo governments:oneState,andtheotherNational....Itisthenaturalconsequence of[such]citizenshipwhichowesallegiancetotwosovereigntiesandclaims protectionfromboth.Thecitizen(oftheUnitedStates)cannotcomplain,because hehasvoluntarilysubmittedhimselftosuchaformofgovernment.Heowes allegiancetothetwodepartments,sotospeak,andwithintheirrespectivespheres mustpaythepenaltieswhicheachexactsfordisobediencetoitslaws.Inreturn,he candemandprotectionfromeachwithinitsownjurisdiction.Cruishankv.United States:92U.S.542,at549,550thru551(1875).


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NofortifyingauthorityisnecessarytosustainthepropositionthatintheUnited Statesadoublecitizenshipexists.AcitizenoftheUnitedStatesisacitizenofthe FederalGovernmentandatthesametimeacitizenoftheStateinwhichhe resides.DeterminationofwhatisqualifiedresidencewithinaStateisnothere necessary.Sufficeittosaythatonepossessingsuchdoublecitizenshipowes allegianceandisentitledtoprotectionfromeachsovereigntowhose jurisdictionheissubject.Kitchensv.Steele:112F.Supp.383,at386(1953).


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15.Story,(5th)CommentsontheConstitution,writesthefollowingontheword citizen: 1932.Thewordcitizenisemployedinthelawindifferentsensesunder differentcircumstances.Asgenerallyemployed,however,itmaybesaidtomeana personowingallegiancetothegovernment,andentitledtoprotectionfromit. CommentariesontheConstitutionoftheUnitedStates,FifthEdition;JosephStory, LL.D.,(Boston:Little,Brown,andCompany);1891,VolumeII,page683,1932.


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