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On the recordApril 15, 2010
The constitutional guarantee of national citizenship has never realized its potential to be a generative source of substantive rights.
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Jon Kyl
Republican · Arizona

Editor's note · Context

Kyl argues that the interpretation of citizenship rights has been limited by past court decisions.

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