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Constitution Questions
A while back Jerseee said that if I read the constitution critically I wouls see that there is more than one kind of person in it.&
This is what I found:
Article 2, Section 1, paragraph 6, "No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States..."
Is there a difference in these two Citizens?
Amendment 4 "The right of the people to be secure in their persons..."
Amendment 11 "...Citizens of subjects..."
Amendment 14, Paragraph 1. "All persons born or naturalized in the Unites States, and subect to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.& No State shall make or inforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
The above reference&could be&completely wrong when looking&for the distinction between people in the constitution but, I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask.
Also in Amendment 14 I noticed that the word citizen isn't capitalized like it is in the other references.& Does this have any signifigance?
Thanks,
Montana
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