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To: Publius Valerius
No. The word legal isn't there, either.

When they say uncontroverted do they mean incontrovertible?

"Domicile" is not necessarily synonymous with "residence,"

The word resident is the word the 14th Amendment uses.

"Domicile is acquired by residence and the animus manendi, the intent to remain." 100 US 548, 562.

They mean LEGAL residence, don't they?

90 posted on 05/18/2005 12:14:21 PM PDT by 4Freedom (America is no longer the 'Land of Opportunity', it's the 'Land of Illegal Alien Opportunists'!!!)
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To: 4Freedom

The Supreme Court of the United States is not compelling authority for a legal definition, eh?

Well, then, I'm afraid we're lost, since apparently nothing short of a direct message from God will be convincing to you.

As far as residence goes, legal residence is wherever you live. See my post 87. If I live in Virginia, I am a resident of Virginia. If I move to South Carolina, I'm a resident there. If my job sends me to Georgia for six months to work on a project, I'm a resident of Georgia for the six months that I'm there.

I'm afraid I really don't understand why this is so hard for you. You have a Supreme Court case saying, albeit in dicta, that status as an illegal alien does not matter for 14th amendment citizenship purposes. What more do you want?


91 posted on 05/18/2005 12:20:00 PM PDT by Publius Valerius
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To: 4Freedom
The word resident is the word the 14th Amendment uses.

Yes, that's true, but that word modifies state citizenship, not United States citizenship; besides, even taking it the way I think you mean it, it is damaging to your argument, is it not? This seems to support inclusion of "anchor babies," so to speak, since it does not even require an intent to permanently remain in order to obtain citizenship.

92 posted on 05/18/2005 12:31:29 PM PDT by Publius Valerius
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