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To: DiogenesLamp

“’Subject’ and ‘citizen’ are, in a degree, convertible terms as applied to natives; and though the term ‘citizen’ seems to be appropriate to republican freemen, yet we are, equally with the inhabitants of all other countries, ’subjects,’ for we are equally bound by allegiance and subjection to the government and law of the land.” —U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark [169 US 649] (1898)


77 posted on 03/14/2014 2:52:24 PM PDT by Nero Germanicus (PALIN/CRUZ: 2016)
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To: Nero Germanicus
“’Subject’ and ‘citizen’ are, in a degree, convertible terms as applied to natives;... ” —U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark [169 US 649] (1898)

And they bear the same relationship as does King to President.

80 posted on 03/14/2014 3:51:49 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
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