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I've pondered that myself. I mean, after the 14th amendment was installed to the war-weary nation, it didn't take long for congress to pass 15 statute at large, that statute being necessary for the constitutionality of the 14th amendment. That statute is the expatriation statute, meaning, that in a free governing system if a person doesn't like the benefits of being a 14th amendment citizen, they have the option to opt out of the system.

If you walk over to the local state department office or Consul and expatriate, ok, then you 're no longer a "united states citizen" Does this automatically operate to also disavow state citizenship ?? I don't know. Can a person who expatriates still stay in the US ? If deported, where would they be sent to ?

Being a man without a country is better than a country without a man. Or maybe not.

What if 80 million United States Citizens were to expatriate at the same time ?

Yes, I like asking odd questions. Some folks claim they want states to "secede", but they don't realize the power of 15 Statute At Large if undertaken "en masse".

Never happen. Did I write "never" ? Yes.


http://www.pacalliance.us/fourteenth/5/