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|holding=No. The 13th & 14th Amendments don't protect an American citizen's right to carry out a chosen occupation. | |holding=No. The 13th & 14th Amendments don't protect an American citizen's right to carry out a chosen occupation. | ||
The monopoly is valid | The monopoly is valid. | ||
§ 1 of the 14th Amendment defines (1) federal & (2) <span style="background:orange">state citizenship</span>s. The "Privileges & Immunities Clause" thereof protects ''federal'' citizenship--not "privileges & immunities" of <span style="background:orange">state citizenship</span>. According to SCOTUS, the "privileges & immunities clause" pertains to federal citizenship such as the right to travel to a seat of a different state government, transact business in other states, free access to seaports, land offices, & courts of justice. Lastly, American citizens may seek protects of the federal government while on the high seas or within foreign jurisdictions. | § 1 of the 14th Amendment defines (1) federal & (2) <span style="background:orange">state citizenship</span>s. The "Privileges & Immunities Clause" thereof protects ''federal'' citizenship--not "privileges & immunities" of <span style="background:orange">state citizenship</span>. According to SCOTUS, the "privileges & immunities clause" pertains to federal citizenship such as the right to travel to a seat of a different state government, transact business in other states, free access to seaports, land offices, & courts of justice. Lastly, American citizens may seek protects of the federal government while on the high seas or within foreign jurisdictions. |