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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jay the Obscure: [QB] People of all ages are citizens of the United States and of the several states, specifically the state in which they live. Unless you are planning to take citizenship away from people under the age of...what was that randomly selected age again...and repeal the 14th amendment while you are at it, then this is a moot and rather point "giving" the several states power. Citizens of all ages have and should continue to have redress in cases where due process in cases involving federal and state governments. Which is what the 14 Amendment is about. It is not about interpersonal relationships. Again, as I see it you are misreading the Amendment. [QUOTE]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.[/QUOTE] This was written to prevent slavery and to insure that African Americans were citizens with the same right as the whites that had enslaved them. Slavery might be viewed as a personal and private relationship between a master and a slave, but it could not exist without state sanction and law allowing it. As a result, the amendment was worded to: <ul> [*]State specifically that every citizen was a citizen of not just the several states but of the United States states as a whole. As such an Texan had the same national rights and immunities as a Californian. [*]And to insure that if a person was held to involuntary servitude (i.e. prison work gangs), that there was legal and due process to buttress the sentence.</ul> Your only real option is to enumerate, as you see them, the rights of children. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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