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Quote by: Constitutions You will note that in Bouvier's definition, nothing appears about regulating Citizens. That is because, at least in a free nation, it is The People, in agreement with each other, who create the Constitution for the sole purpose of establishing, defining, and limiting the scope of government. |
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Quote by: Constitutions When all is said and done, the underlying purpose of a Constitution is to keep the ways of men in check. |
The first website you posted said I should read "Citizenship" and "Constitutions" first. So I did. It seems a little inconsistent, wouldn't you say?
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Quote by: Citizenship The meaning of the phrase "Citizen of the United States" is well understood. That phrase is shorthand for the sentence, "All the Citizens of the 13 independent nations [called "states"] that are a party to this Constitution". |
This is a lot to swallow in an afternoon.
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Quote by: 14th Amendment Clarified This is a statement that requires a little deeper digging to understand. |
By which they mean to say, "We're gong to have to work really hard to make these facts seem to support us."