A legal researcher by the name of Dan Goodman wrote a paper entitled :

Did the 14th Amendment do away with State Citizenship?

"The Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, ratified in 1868,
creates or at least recognizes for the first time a citizenship of the United States,
as distinct from that of the states."
Black's Law Dictionary, 5th Edition, p. 591 [1979].

The answer is absolutely not.

Sorry, wrong! This guy reads too much case law, which is deceptive, not to mention OPINION.

The simple fact is, the term CITIZEN means political rights in American law. Everyone that votes or participates in government must be a FEDERAL CITIZEN (14ther) to do so. I had illustrated this out over 10 years ago.

• See this paper, The Dual System of Law : www.pacinlaw.org/dual

Watch out for what information that you find, it may be totally wrong.

On the above noted paper, the following is provided:

Daniel Joseph, known as J.D. Goodman or "J.D." is a legal researcher.
Other articles authored by "J.D." relating to the area of law are,
How Well Do You The Constitution and Is The Bill Of Rights Necessary?
xGoodmanx@excite.com

Well, Dan... I am not that impressed with you knowledge gained by listening to half-truths of case law. Are we to think any better of the rest? If you dare, want to see more questionable information? Here is his site:

Like doing your own legal research. I invite you to try my website, at  The Legal Connection

Yes, that is "legal" an not "in law".

NOTE: Dan has this on his site "Report A Broken Link Here". You may want to report broken legal opinions too  [smiley=sad.gif]