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NotethatSection1,Clause1oftheFourteenthAmendmentdoesnotstate: AllpersonsbornornaturalizedintheUnitedStates,andsubjecttoTHEIR jurisdictionthereof,arecitizensoftheUnitedStatesandoftheStatewhereinthey reside. BeforetheFourteenthAmendment,thetermtheUnitedStates,referredtothe severalStatesunited: 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 1
Therefore,Section1oftheThirteenthAmendment;ArticleII,Section1,Clause7 andArticleIII,Section3,Clause1oftheConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica refertotheseveralStatesunited.However,Section1,Clause1oftheFourteenth AmendmentdoesnotrefertotheseveralStatesunited.[Footnote3] Thus,Section1,Clause1oftheFourteenthAmendmentdoesnotrefertopersons born(ornaturalized)intheseveralStates. ________________________ Footnotes: 1.AndtherearetheseprovisionsfromtheOrganicConstitution: ThePresidentshall,atstatedTimes,receiveforhisServices,aCompensation, whichshallneitherbeincreasednordiminishedduringthePeriodforwhichhe shallhavebeenelected,andheshallnotreceivewithinthatPeriodanyother EmolumentfromtheUnitedStates,oranyofTHEM.ArticleII,Section1,Clause7 oftheConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica. TreasonagainsttheUnitedStates,shallconsistonlyinlevyingWaragainst THEM.ArticleIII,Section3,Clause1oftheConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesof America.
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