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To: Seizethecarp

I want you to show me where the court reached and held that Minor was an NBC. Show me where it says her parents were American Citizens.

Show me where it states that her citizenship was in dispute?

Because it wasn’t.

Facts not in dispute.

The question was whether the 14th Amendment provided suffrage to a female citzen.

Not whether the female was a citizen. Everyone agreed she was a citizen.

AGAIN, a fact not in dispute.


640 posted on 01/21/2012 10:19:21 AM PST by RummyChick (It's a Satan Sandwich with Satan Fries on the side - perfect for Obama 666)
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To: RummyChick; Seizethecarp; Danae
The question was whether the 14th Amendment provided suffrage to a female citzen. Not whether the female was a citizen.

That's exactly where you are wrong. Here is the question as written by the Court in Minor.

The question is presented in this case, whether, since the adoption of the fourteenth amendment, a woman, who is a citizen of the United States and of the State of Missouri, is a voter in that State, notwithstanding the provision of the constitution and laws of the State, which confine the right of suffrage to men alone. (...) The argument is, that as a woman, born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, is a citizen of the United States and of the State in which she resides, she has the right of suffrage as one of the privileges and immunities of her citizenship, which the State cannot by its laws or constitution abridge.
The plaintiff's whole argument is that Minor as a citizen of the U.S. had the right to vote. The Court agreed that she was a citizen but disagreed that such citizenship gave her the right to vote.

You are simply wrong on the face of your argument that her citizenship was not a question presented to the Court. The Court tells us in black and white that it was part of the question being decided because it was the basis of the plaintiff's argument.

660 posted on 01/21/2012 10:52:27 AM PST by BuckeyeTexan (Man is not free unless government is limited. ~Ronald Reagan)
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To: RummyChick
“I want you to show me where the court reached and held that Minor was an NBC. Show me where it says her parents were American Citizens.”

See prior link to Leo Donofrio. I consider your answer to be there. If you dont’ see it we will have to agree to disagree.

680 posted on 01/21/2012 11:44:41 AM PST by Seizethecarp
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