Dan Goodman

Diversity of Citizenship: Who is a Citizen of a State?

The Fourteenth Amendment was declared ratified on July 28, 1868. [Footnote 1] Its main purpose was to make black slaves, freed under the Thirteenth Amendment, citizens under the Constitution of the United States. The authors of the Fourteenth Amendme... Read >

Slaughterhouse Cases, Two Citizens

______________________________________________________________________________________________ Fourteenth Amendment, Constitution of the United States:     "Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the... Read >

A Look At Corfield (On Citizenship)

The Privileges and Immunities clause of Article IV, at Section 2, Clause 1 originally came from the Articles of Confederation. (Note 1), Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1 reads:     "The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privilege... Read >