Subjects and Citizens: A Treatise by Justice Clarence Thomas

Subjects and Citizens: A Treatise by Justice Clarence Thomas by Brownstone Institute

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has completely reframed the distinctly American idea of citizenship as a two-way agreement between the person and the political community. It is not conferred by birth alone but also requires domicile, which means allegiance and the forsaking of other political loyalties.

Subjects and Citizens: A Treatise by Justice Clarence Thomas

Subjects and Citizens: A Treatise by Justice Clarence Thomas by Brownstone Institute at Brownstone Institute Conventional political philosophy has a blindspot over what turns out to be a crucial concept: the precise nature of the legal relationship between the human person and the regime under which he lives. In the US, we call this citizenship but how precisely is that different from the old-world notion of being a subject to a sovereign? Confu…