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To: DiogenesLamp
"Natural citizens" do not require the operation of the 14th amendment

Black ones most certainly did.

318 posted on 05/23/2013 8:32:40 AM PDT by ReignOfError
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To: ReignOfError
Black ones most certainly did.

Not exactly accurate. There were small numbers of Black citizens going all the way back to the Revolutionary era. The 14th amendment merely naturalized en masse, the ones that weren't. The first generation were NOT natural citizens, they were naturalized. (same as the founders) It was the second generation which were natural citizens.

But your point reinforces mine. I argue that we never used (Nationally) English Common law regarding our citizens. The 14th amendment would have been redundant if we were using English Common Law.

324 posted on 05/23/2013 10:41:04 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
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