Martin. 9. Massachusetts. 454. "The Constitution does not authorize Congress to enlarge or abridge. the rights of citizens." citing Osborn v. Bank of United States. 9 Wheat. 737. "The power of naturalization vested in Congress by the Constitution is a power to confer citizenship not a power to takeit away * * *. The fourteenth amendment. whiile it leaves the power where it was before. in Congress. to regulate naturalization. has conferred no authority upon Congress to restrict tte effect of birth declared by the Constitution to constitute a complete right of citizenship "Now. that is the contention that the plaintiff made. It will thus be seen that plaintiffs contention is in exact antagonism to the statute. Only voluntary expatriation. as she defines it. can divest a woman of her citizenship. she declares. the statute provides that by marriage with a foreigner she takes his nationality. " � It would make this opinion very voluminous to consider in detail the argument and the cases urged in support of or in attack upon the opposing conditions.
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