OfficerObie59
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Yeah, I am not worried about this. The analysis this judge did on citizenship issues is bar none one of the best I have seen. It explains why we had to wait so long.
Like I posted in the article thread, my favorite part of today's decision is the constitutional history discussion from pages 12-16, including this gem:
I'd hazard to guess that most of the time a court cites Dred Scott in your favor, you win the case.The terms “citizen” and “the people” have generally not been treated as synonymous for purposes of constitutional useage.
The one instance in which they were treated as equivalent by the court, Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. (19 How.) 393, 404 (1856), was an unfortunate aberration that was subsequently overruled by the enactment of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Tom, I hoped that line put a smile to the face of you guys at Comm2A. Sure did me.
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