Political (Association + Allegiance)

Association=Political citizen* under Fourteenth Amendment or 8 U.S.C. §1401.

Allegiance=Naturalization oath under 8 C.F.R. §337.1.

“The very idea of a political community, such as a nation is, implies an association of persons for the promotion of their general welfare. Each one of the persons associated becomes a member of the nation formed by the association. He owes it allegiance and is entitled to its protection. Allegiance and protection are, in this connection, reciprocal obligations. The one is a compensation for the other; allegiance for protection and protection for allegiance.”

[Minor v. Happersett, 88 U.S. 162, 164-66 (1874)]

“Nationality.  That quality or character which arises from the fact of a person’s belonging to a nation or state.  Nationality determines the political status of the individual, especially with reference to allegiance;”

[Black’s Law Dictionary 1025 (6th ed. 1990)]

There are FIVE methods of acquiring national citizenship:

  1. National citizenship: 50 States & DC. U.S. Cont., Amendment XIV
  2. National citizenship: U.S. territories. Act of Congress via U.S. Const. Art. IV, Sec. 3. Clause 2
  3. National citizenship: Birth Abroad. Act of Congress via doctrine of jus sanguinis. 8 U.S.C. §1401
  4. National citizenship: Naturalization. Act of Congress via Const. Art. 1. Sec. 8, Clause 4 and 8 U.S.C. §1481.
  5. non-citizen national status: U.S. possessions. Act of Congress via U.S. Const. art. IV, sec. 3, Cl. 2 and 8 U.S.C. §1408.

1. National citizenship: 50 States & DC. U.S. Cont., Amendment XIV

2. National citizenship: U.S. territories. Act of Congress via U.S. Const. Art. IV, Sec. 3. Clause 2

3. National citizenship: Birth Abroad. Act of Congress via doctrine of jus sanguinis. 8 U.S.C. §1401

4. National citizenship: Naturalization. Act of Congress via Const. Art. 1. Sec. 8, Clause 4 and 8 U.S.C. §1481.

5. non-citizen national status: U.S. possessions. Act of Congress via U.S. Const. art. IV, sec. 3, Cl. 2 and 8 U.S.C. §1408.