Trump v. Barbara · ¶479

Next, the Court turns to Schooner Exchange v. McFad don, 7 Cranch 116, 147 (1812), which held that a “ship of war” of a “friendly power” could enter a United States port without the risk of seizure. Neither that holding nor the reasoning in Chief Justice Marshall’s opinion for the Court has any bearing on the meaning of the terms of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause.

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