[trumandogz]

“The 14th Amendment was intended to deal specifically with citizenship status of former slaves in the aftermath of their emancipation.”

Well, that sure in curious view of the 14th Amendment.

In other words, you are saying that the Due Process Clause only applied to former slaves?

It seems you also believe that the Equal Protection Clause only applied to former slaves?

And thus you must also believe that the Citizenship Clause only applied to former slaves and that that all African Americans born after the passage of the 14th Amendment are bound by Dred Scott?

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

Isn't it more plausible to argue that the first sentence of the 14th Amendment was intended to ensure that the citizenship rights of former slaves were the same as everyone else? In other words, that it not only established citizenship laws for former slaves, but also confirmed that those were the same rules for citizenship applicable to everyone else?

If you're born in the U.S., you're a natural born citizen rather than a naturalized