BREAKING: In Stunning Development Supreme Court Agrees to Decide Constitutionality of Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Executive Order!
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The issue is the court needs to decide the meaning of the phrase "the United States".
Are any of you old enough to remember a Reader's Digest section called "Life in These United States"?
If UNITED STATES is singular, the definite article is THE.
If UNITED STATES is plural, the definite article is THESE.
People born in the 50 states can apply for a USA passport with a sworn, notarized statement explaining that they have citizenship from the state where they were born and NOT from THE UNITED STATES.
Even an immigrant who takes the oath becomes a citizen of the United States of America (and not citizen of the United States). If "United States" and "United States of America" were identical, they would not have to mention them separately:
8 USC §1449. Certificate of naturalization; contents
A person admitted to citizenship in conformity with the provisions of this subchapter shall be entitled upon such admission to receive from the Attorney General a certificate of naturalization, which shall contain substantially the following information: Number of application for naturalization; number of certificate of naturalization; date of naturalization; name, signature, place of residence, autographed photograph, and personal description of the naturalized person, including age, sex, marital status, and country of former nationality; location of the district office of the Service in which the application was filed and the title, authority, and location of the official or court administering the oath of allegiance; statement that the Attorney General, having found that the applicant had complied in all respects with all of the applicable provisions of the naturalization laws of the United States, and was entitled to be admitted a citizen of the United States of America, thereupon ordered that the applicant be admitted as a citizen of the United States of America; attestation of an immigration officer; and the seal of the Department of Justice.