Monday, January 23, 2012

How did the fourteenth amendment legislation identify diplomats?

It doesn't.



RichardHow did the fourteenth amendment legislation identify diplomats?
i am assuming, anybody in the United States representing foreign nations. For example: The 14th amendment with regards to citizenship are not considered to be natural citizens. So if a Man name Mr. Smithe was in Washington doing business on behalf of England's parliament, and he had a son born in the local D.C. hospital, then that child would nto be considered to be a U.S. Citizen.How did the fourteenth amendment legislation identify diplomats?
U.S. Constitution, Amendment 14, Section 1. "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. "



Diplomats are not subject to the jurisdiction of U.S. law...(ever heard of "diplomatic immunity"?). Therefore they do not fall under the 14th amendment. Same for an invading army's soldiers, or (until they moved onto the reservation) American Indians.



Illegal Aliens ARE "subject to the jurisdiction" of U.S. law (if they wern't then we couldn't deport them) so their children ARE U.S. citizens.

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