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To: sometime lurker
no surprise she is a citizen of that country [United States], and would remain so after leaving the family

You don't read very well. Story clearly said that once she married a Brit & went overseas, she became a Brit & remained so. Thus you are utterly wrong. Women didn't gain separate nationality from the husband for nationality purposes until the 1950’s. Might I suggest you check with library of congress on nationality. They are also quite clear on this subject. Thus you can cut & paste all you want from well know obot sites however, their chop & twist lies will be exposed everytime. Get the picture?

Library of Congress on Immigration & Naturalization(1840-1950) ~ Married women and children under the age of twenty-one derived citizenship from their husband or father respectively. Children of unsuccessful applicants could apply for citizenship in their own right, at the age of twenty-one.

599 posted on 02/11/2012 9:47:05 PM PST by patlin ("Knowledge is a powerful source that is 2nd to none but God" ConstitutionallySpeaking 2011)
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To: patlin
Your post reminds of an excellent quote in Shanks v. Dupont that undermines much of what the Obots try to proclaim.
The incapacities of femes covert provided by the common law apply to their civil rights and are for their protection and interest. But they do not reach their political rights nor prevent their acquiring or losing a national character. Those political rights do not stand upon the mere doctrines of municipal law applicable to ordinary transactions, but stand upon the more general principles of the law of nations.

This says the common law does not affect citizenship of women who are married to foreigners. It falls under the law of nations. So far as natural-born citizenship would have been understood, that meant that any woman who married a foreigner did not have her citizenship (or the citizenship of her child) established or protected by the common law. The law of nations would be the guide, meaning the citizenship of the child naturally follows that of the father, as Vattel said. The Minor court was being generous when it said "parents who were citizens" because the rule would still be guided by the citizenship of the father. The mother automatically follows the citizenship of her husband. This would also seem to be a guide on expatriation.

600 posted on 02/11/2012 10:52:56 PM PST by edge919
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