Trump v. Barbara · ¶317

In other words, the phrase “subject to the jurisdiction” meant what the drafters and ratifiers said that it meant: “‘complete jurisdiction,’” Cong. Globe, 39th Cong., 1st Sess., at 2893 (statement of Sen. Trumbull); “fully and completely subject to the jurisdiction of the United States,” id., at 2897 (statement of Sen. Williams); “the jurisdiction of the United States in every sense,” ibid.; and a “full and complete jurisdiction,” “coextensive in all respects with the constitutional power of the United States, whether exercised by Congress, by the executive, or by the judicial department; that is to say, the same jurisdiction in extent and quality as applies to every citizen of the United States now,” id., at 2895 (statement of Sen. Howard).

slip opinion, revised 7/01/26
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