Consequently that emphasizes and supports the contention which I had in mind. that the language of the fourteenth amendment itself clearly demonstrates that those who proposed the amendment and those who ratified it had in mind a distinction between the two words. Continuing. after it is said in the Constitution that "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." it is providedNor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. The provision itself at its very outset defines th4 word "citizens" by saying that itincludes those persons who were born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof. Those persons are citizens. A person who is born here is subject to the laws of the State. A foreigner who comes here and becomes naturalized in the prescribed manner thereby subjects himself to the jurisdiction of the Nation. Others are not citizens within the purview of the first section of the fourteenth amendment. Let us turn now to the second section. the one which is directly in question.
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