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Trying to research information on any sovereign individuals left in the USA that are only responsible to common law or inalienable rights. Are there really 2 classes of individuals "U.S Citizens" and "State Citizens" According to the US Dept of State, one can relinquish their US Citizenship by voluntarily denying all benefits, but I find no information on being able to at the same time maintain their Birthright Citizenship of the State they were born in.

2007-06-17 09:38:11 · 12 answers · asked by IRLostOrRu 2 in Politics & Government Law & Ethics

14th Amendment, which states: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

Am I the only one who see's this saying there are 2 types of citizenships?

2007-06-17 10:08:11 · update #1

12 answers

Good job!!
Most people are dim.
I say Yes it can be done.

Before the 14th amendment in 1868:

"A citizen of any one of the States of the union, is held to
be, and called a citizen of the United States, although
technically and abstractly there is no such thing. To
conceive a citizen of the United States who is not a citizen
of some one of the States, is totally foreign to the idea,
and inconsistent with the proper construction and common
understanding of the expression as used in the Constitution,
which must be deduced from its various other provisions.
The object then to be attained, by the exercise of the power
of naturalization, was to make citizens of the respective
States."
[Ex Parte Knowles, 5 Cal. 300 (1855)]


After the 14th amendment in 1868:

"It is quite clear, then, that there is a citizenship of the
United States** and a citizenship of a State, which are distinct from each other and which depend upon different characteristics or circumstances in the individual."

[Slaughter House Cases, 83 U.S. 36][(1873)]


"A person who is a citizen of the United States** is necessarily a citizen of the particular state in which he resides. But a person may be a citizen of a particular state and not a citizen of the United States**. To hold otherwise would be to deny to the state the highest exercise of its sovereignty, -- the right to declare who are its citizens."

[State v. Fowler, 41 La. Ann. 380]
[6 S. 602 (1889)]

2007-06-17 11:16:14 · answer #1 · answered by commonlaw 2 · 0 0

Nopers.... if the guy returns domicile, US citizen marries interior the others domicile united states of america, returns domicile and then applies.... a number of months and not an excellent element. a lot time and attempt yet no longer terrible. Marry interior the U. S. and then the U. S. would have sparkling data that a individual grew to become into interior the U. S. illegally. Married or no longer they'll deliver the guy domicile.

2016-09-27 23:31:22 · answer #2 · answered by wilfrid 4 · 0 0

US Constitution, Article Six states:

That all laws and treaties made by the federal govt are the supreme law of the land, and that the states must accept them as law.

So the answer is NO.

2007-06-17 09:44:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

There is no such thing as State citizenship. The State that is referred to is the national entity.

2007-06-17 09:48:54 · answer #4 · answered by Jeffrey V 4 · 1 0

No, there is no concept of state citizenship, only of primary residence. Your citizenship is national.

2007-06-17 09:52:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

No.
USA is a unitary state rather than a confederative one.

The independence of states is a fiction.

2007-06-17 09:44:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

why would you want to?If you had to choose adiffrent country to be a citizen of what country would it be and why.

2007-06-17 09:50:37 · answer #7 · answered by upforitupforitupforitupforitru 3 · 0 0

nope

2007-06-17 09:42:14 · answer #8 · answered by plhudson01 6 · 2 0

NO, IT WONT HOLD UP...taxes is the problem.

2007-06-17 10:29:05 · answer #9 · answered by koalatcomics 7 · 0 0

Are you retarded? Is this a serious question?

2007-06-17 09:41:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2 2

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