Citizen of the Several States: Settled!

Abstract

This article will show that since the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Supreme Court has made clear that there are two citizens under the Constitution of the United States, a citizen of the United States and a citizen of the several States.

Keywords: Fourteenth Amendment, Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1, citizen of the United States, citizen of the several States, Woodruff v. Parham, Guy v. Baltimore, I. M. Darnell & Son Co. v. Memphis, Slaughterhouse Cases, Privileges and Immunities, Insurance Co. v. City of New Orleans, Paul v. Virginia

JEL Classification: H10, H11, K19, M49