stija wrote:AndyK wrote:stija wrote:6. There is a Title 26 citizen. Go read section 7701 for its definition.
26USC7701 does not contain such a definition.
Please (1) provide an exact quotation of the definition to which you refer, (2) admit you werre mistaken, or (3) admit that the statement was a flat-out lie in the hopes that no one woukd catch you.
I admit i was mistaken. I did the same thing in another topic and corrected it right away.
See 26 USC 1.1-1(c).
There is no such thing as "26 USC 1.1-1(c)," although there is 26 CFR 1.1-1(c).
stija wrote:Truth be told AndyK, I outright lied completely, because no gov't can define what a citizen is, citizen being a free choice of political affiliation.
Well, that's wrong, because every government has the power to decide who is or is not a citizen.
In the case of the United States, a person who is born in a state of the United States is born a citizen of the United States because of the 14th Amendment, but that person can renounce that citizenship by following the statutory procedure, so citizenship by birth is not a choice in the sense that anyone can choose where they are born but a choice in the sense that citizenship can be refused.
A person who is not born in the United States can apply for citizenship, and that is a choice, but the United States is not obligated to accept that person as a citizen, so the "choice" is rather one-sided.
In other words, citizenship is not a unilateral decision by individuals. The law or consent of the state (in the sense of nation-state) is also required.
stija wrote:In other words, they can say who can be a citizen, and you have to appel it to yourself. Consent is needed.
Vague and meaningless gibberish.
stija wrote:Therefore, there actually isn't a 'definition' of US citizen or any other citizen anywehre in any law.
Except maybe the 14th Amendment. And the provisions of the United States Code dealing with citizenship and naturalization.
For example, 26 CFR 1.1-1(c) says that:
For other rules governing the acquisition of citizenship, see chapters 1 and 2 of title III of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1401-1459). For rules governing loss of citizenship, see sections 349 to 357, inclusive, of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1481-1489), Schneider v. Rusk, (1964) 377 U.S. 163, and Rev. Rul. 70-506, C.B. 1970-2, 1. For rules pertaining to persons who are nationals but not citizens at birth, e.g., a person born in American Samoa, see section 308 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1408). For special rules applicable to certain expatriates who have lost citizenship with a principal purpose of avoiding certain taxes, see section 877. A foreigner who has filed his declaration of intention of becoming a citizen but who has not yet been admitted to citizenship by a final order of a naturalization court is an alien.
I know you're not familiar with 26 CFR 1.1-1(c), but you might find the statutes and cases that are cited there to be of some interest.