Abstract
The first sentence of the Fourteenth Amendment declares: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, is a citizen of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.” This opening sentence contains not one, but two citizenship clauses. The first defines national citizenship. The second defines state citizenship. Although significant historical scholarship exists regarding the other provisions in Section One of the Fourteenth Amendment, the State Citizenship Clause has been unstudied, unapplied and, quite often, unrecognized.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2023
Recommended Citation
Kurt T. Lash, The State Citizenship Clause, 25 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 1097 (2023).
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