Thus the people of the United States ordained and established this Constitution. It was the work of the people. not of the States. and for the purposes recited in the preamble. And. too. the power not delegated to the United States. nor prohibited to the States. was reserved to the States or the people. and all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction are citizens of the United States and of the Stale where they reside. and the right of citizens of the United States to vote is not to be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race. color. or previous condition of servitude. These and other provisions serve to show the spirit animating those framing the amendments as well as the original instrument. and the rules and spirit which should govern us in giving them a construclion. And hence. if doubt arises as to its meaning by the one construction giving. power to the people. the original source of all power. by the other taking power from them and lodging it in a single mdividualini all such cases the path of safety and the spirit which breathes throughout the instrument are best consulted by letting the people speak and act for themselves.
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