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To: Mr Rogers
You are still utterly misguided. US law did define the meaning of “subject to the jurisdiction” when they wrote the 1st laws of naturalization. This law written and adopted by those who wrote and adopted the Constitution and still valid law that is in use to this day defines “subject to the jurisdiction” as it pertains to citizenship as “NOT” owing allegiance to any foreign nation, thus the reason for the requirement for all naturalized citizens to formally renounce any and all foreign allegiances and titles thereof, thus leaving only “ONE” legal & binding allegiance intact, that being to the United States of America.

Subject to the jurisdiction is subject matter specific. One isn't under the laws of citizenship when one breaks the laws of speeding, but all citizens and foreigners are subject to the laws of speeding when driving in the jurisdiction of said laws.

But to put it more plainly, when one travels outside the US, one is “NOT” subject to the citizenship laws of the foreign nation and neither is any foreigner subject to the citizenship laws of the US, even though in both cases, both parties are subject to the local laws that keep peace & order to protect the lives of the persons who are in said society whether they are citizens of said society or not.

87 posted on 01/27/2012 1:44:42 PM PST by patlin ("Knowledge is a powerful source that is 2nd to none but God" ConstitutionallySpeaking 2011)
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To: patlin

I just quoted at length, without comment, from a US Supreme Court opinion, with citation.


88 posted on 01/27/2012 2:25:55 PM PST by Mr Rogers ("they found themselves made strangers in their own country")
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