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John Médaille criticizes Ron Paul's latest ad: Ron Paul: Selling His Birthright
via the Western Confucian
On the other side: The case against birthright citizenship by Howard Sutherland
Should citizenship be something recognized by the states only, and not the Federal government? iirc, even back in the day of states' rights, a citizen of the U.S. was automatically recognized as such anywhere and could freely move to another state and still keep his citizenship. Isn't it difficult to maintain the state as a sovereign entity if citizenship was gained so freely? What incentive is there to stay in a state if one could move somewhere else and remain a citizen?
The underlying question is whether there should be any restrictions on citizenship (participation in governing/political office) as opposed to membership in a polity. What these restrictions are serve to distinguish monarchies, aristocracies, and polities from one another.
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