On Thursday, June 9, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to hear Tuaua v U.S., 15-981. This is the case on whether the 14th amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires that persons born in American Samoa be considered citizens, or whether they must go through the naturalization process. The 14th amendment says, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” This sentence has always been understood to mean that persons born in the District of Columbia are citizens.
Richard Winger,
My guess you have not read the United States Constitution lately. Article I, Section 2 is clear, the
District of Columbia is not one of the “several states”. Until August 24, 1912, Alaska was the District
of Alaska and was not incorporated in the United States. American Samoa is not incorporated into the
United States either. One of the islands is claimed as part of a foreign government to that of the United States.
Sincerely, Mark Seidenberg, Chairman, American Independent Party of Caliifornia
Richard Winger
Additionally the title Tui Manu’a is still sovereign. This would create an additional problem legally
because certain electors in American Samoa are subjects of the Tui Manu’a (when the title is filled).
When the District of Alaska was created on 17 May 1884, the United States Government added territory that
was not part of the territory claimed by Russian before the Treaty of Washington of 1867.
The United States Government added Rose Atoll to American Samoa, which was not a Samoan Island at the time. Rose Atoll was claimed by Germans.
See the rotted SCOTUS Insular Cases around 1900 regarding the de facto slave status of the various USA colonies.
New Age leftwing SCOTUS hacks will likely overrule such cases — by the usual means of PERVERSION history.
Bit more history — see the various additions to the AREA of the U.S.A. which were NOT in any *State* of the Union.
i.e. starting with the 1783 USA-Brit Peace Treaty, 1803 Louisiana Purchase [Treaty], etc.
Obviously all sorts of USA citizens were born in such non-States since 1783.
Generally there were treaty sections or USA laws allowing for the naturalization of native folks in such areas IF they took an oath in writing and changed their ALLEGIANCE to the U.S.A. regime.
e.g. French folks in LA changing their ALLEGIANCE from France to the U.S.A., later Mexicans in S.W. territories, etc.
Lots of this stuff is LAW of NATIONS stuff — regarding regime changes.