On my flight into Cleveland tonight, I was doing some research and came across a very interesting definition of the word citizen. Heres the legal definition of the word. READ IT CAREFULLY!!! I am not going to place any emphasis on any words. I want you to read this for yourself. Now mind you, this comes out of an online law reference (thelaw). As I was in baggage claim waiting for my luggage, I showed this to a man and his wife. He looked at me and asked, Where did you get this from? He went to the site on his phone, read it and said, Damn! persons. One who, under the constitution and laws of the United States, has a right to vote for representatives in congress, and other public officers, and who is qualified to fill offices in the gift of the people. In a more extended sense, under the word citizen, are included all white persons born in the United States, and naturalized persons born out of the same, who have not lost their right as such. This includes men, women, and children. 2. Citizens are either native born or naturalized. Native citizens may fill any office; naturalized citizens may be elected or appointed to any office under the constitution of the United States, except the office of president and vice-president. The constitution provides, that the citizens of each state shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states. Art. 4, s. 2. 3. All natives are not citizens of the United States; the descendants of the aborigines, and those of African origin, are not entitled to the rights of citizens. Anterior to the adoption of the constitution of the United States, each state had the right to make citizens of such persons as it pleased. That constitution does not authorize any but white persons to become citizens of the United States; and it must therefore be presumed that no one is a citizen who is not white. 4. A citizen of the United States, residing in any state of the Union, is a citizen of that state.
Posted on: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 07:06:59 +0000
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