All emphases are mine
I came across this case in my early years of learning and in reviewing this again I
realize how much I have forgotten. This makes me thankful for many of the great researchers that I know that have taken time to remind me.
“The 14th amendment defines and declares who shall be citizens of the United States, and protects only such rights as are rights belonging to persons as citizens of the United States, and not rights belonging to persons as citizens of a
state.”
“The right or privilege of voting is one arising under the Constitution of the state, and not under the Constitution of the United States.”
As we all know the courts today want to ignore the argument regarding if you’re a citizen of the United States in lieu of the citizen of the state. They also
want to ignore the definition of the United States in lieu of the definition of the state.
Out of this case there are many tidbits of good information to learn from.
“The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states” the rights of citizens of the states and of
citizens of the United States are each guarded by these different provisions. That these rights are separate and distinct, was held in the slaughterhouse cases, 16 Wall. [83 US] 36, recently decided by the Supreme Court. The rights of citizens of the state, as such, are not under consideration in the 14th amendment. They stand as they did before the adoption of the 14th amendment, they are fully guaranteed by other provisions. The right of citizens of the states have been
the subject of judicial decisions on more than one occasion. Cites omitted.
These are the fundamental privileges and immunities belonging of right to the citizens of all free governments, such as the right of life and liberty, the right to acquire and possess property, to transact business, to pursuit happiness in his own manner, subject to such restraints as the government may I judge to be necessary
for the general good.”
I could go on longer but I will leave that up to you. When it comes arguing about being a citizen of the United States when arguing about the federal taxation thus far I have found no better argument than Dave Myrland’s position, and that is, in my the same citizen in chapters 2, 21 and 23 as the one mentioned in 26
CFR 1.1 – 1?
They just cannot seem to get around that one.
