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To: DoodleDawg
Yes. Honest enough?

Astonishing to get a straight answer.

...Roger Taney and his Scott v. Sanford decision. The 14th Amendment overruled that.

Yes it did, but it did not magically transform former slaves into "natural born citizens." It made them into naturalized citizens, and thereafter they could begat "natural born citizens", but the 14th amendment is still a naturalization statute.

And Taney was absolutely wrong about the citizen aspect in his decision. Citizens of a state became American citizens upon the creation of the Union, and many states had black citizens at the time.

155 posted on 03/09/2021 5:12:53 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp
Yes it did, but it did not magically transform former slaves into "natural born citizens."

Sure it did, or did you miss the "born in the U.S. and subject to the jurisdiction part"?

It made them into naturalized citizens, and thereafter they could begat "natural born

Oh barf.

159 posted on 03/09/2021 5:17:19 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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