national citizenship

national citizenship
Citizenship in the United States as distinguished from citizenship of a state. 16 Am J2d Const L § 469. The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States bridges the gap left by Article 4, § 2, so as to safeguard citizens of the United States against any legislation of their own states having the effect of denying equality of treatment in respect of the exercise of their privileges of national citizenship in other states. Colgate v Harvey, 296 US 404, 80 L Ed 299, 56 S Ct 252, 102 ALR 54, ovrld on another point Madden v Kentucky, 309 US 83, 84 L Ed 590, 60 S Ct 406, 125 ALR 1383.

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