I just discovered this:
“...It has been said that citizenship carries with it all of the rights and prerogatives of citizenship obtained by birth in this country ’save that of eligibility to the Presidency...”
LURIA v. U S, 231 U.S. 9 (1913)
It has been said that citizenship carries with it all of the rights and prerogatives of citizenship obtained by birth in this country ’save that of eligibility to the Presidency.’ Luria v. United States, 231 U.S. 9, 22 , 34 S.Ct. 10, 13.
http://openjurist.org/231/us/9/george-luria-v-united-states
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Citizenship is membership in a political society, and implies a duty of allegiance on the part of the member and a duty of protection on the part of the society. These are reciprocal obligations, one being a compensation for the other. Under our Constitution, a naturalized citizen stands on an equal footing with the native citizen in all respects, save that of eligibility to the Presidency. Minor v. Happersett, 21 Wall. 162, 165, 22 L. ed. 627; Elk v. Wilkins, 112 U. S. 94, 101, 28 L. ed. 643, 645, 5 Sup. Ct. Rep. 41; Osborn v. Bank of United States, 9 Wheat. 738, 827, 6 L. ed. 204, 225. Turning to the naturalization laws preceding the act of 1906, being those under which Luria obtained his certificate, we find that they required, first, that the alien, after coming to this country, should declare on oath, before a court or its clerk, that it was bona fide his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign sovereignty; second, that at least two years should elapse between the making of that declaration and his application for admission to citizenship; third, that as a condition to his admission the court should be satisfied, through the testimony of citizens, that he had resided within the United States five years at least, and that during that time he had behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same; and, fourth, that at the time of his admission he should declare on oath that he would support the Constitution of the United States, and that he absolutely and entirely renounced and abjured all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign sovereignty...”
Pinging a few names - maybe some of you have already seen it - I’m late to the thread.
WellyP:
I just discovered this:
“...It has been said that citizenship carries with it all of the rights and prerogatives of citizenship obtained by birth in this country ’save that of eligibility to the Presidency...”
LURIA v. U S, 231 U.S. 9 (1913)
It has been said that citizenship carries with it all of the rights and prerogatives of citizenship obtained by birth in this country ’save that of eligibility to the Presidency.’ Luria v. United States, 231 U.S. 9, 22 , 34 S.Ct. 10, 13.
Nice find!