Under the dual citizenship of the United States and the respective states, which

Question: Under the dual citizenship of the United States and the respective states, which one guarantees!?

your individual sovereignty; and which is a priviledge that can be taken away!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Unfortunately the civil war was the final victory of federalism over State's rights, and the people are too asleep to realize our true power!. Witness this election and our choices, nobody is happy with the choices we have been given!.

Now that we live in the age of homeland security and the Patriot Act, the concept of individual sovereignty is one for the history books!. We are moving into a phase of groupthink, even popular sovereignty is fading as we learn to bleet like the sheep we are!.

In the 70s there was talk that Soviet Union would become more capitalistic and USA would become more socialist and we would meet in the middle!. But I think we passed each other in the night somewhere!. America is going the wrong way!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Individuals can have citizenship, but not sovereignty!. Sovereignty is of nations, not of individual people!.
Under our federalist system, the THEORY is that states have original and unlimited sovereignty, but they surrender this to the "Union" which is the United States federal government!. The federal government has ONLY those powers enumerated and implied by the Constitution!. The States have and retain what they have not given away to the national government!.
Thus I am a citizen of the United States, and only a RESIDENT of the State of Illinois!. States do not have the power to mint money, but they marry or divorce people and grant or deny automobile drivers' licenses!.
So you are somewhat confused in your question!. We have no "dual citizenship"!. And citizenship cannot be taken away !. Individual rights remain with a person, even if convicted of treason or a heinous crime!.
Originally, the fundamental rights in the original ten amendments of the Bill of Rights applied only to limit the US govt!. After the Civil War, during the reconstruction era, the 13th , 14th and 15th Amendents made the fundamental rights (equal protection, anti-slavery, freedom of religion, etc!.) applicable also to all of the separate states!. This was to end slavery and racial discrimination!.
Originally also, females were not allowed to vote!. Another amendment granted women that right in 1919!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Individual sovereignty is declared in the constitution, which is a federally enforced document!. We call individual sovereignty our constitutional rights!.

By extension, it's incumbent upon the states to uphold these rights granted under the constitution!. There is no such concept within the formulation of the United States as "privilege" with regards to individual sovereignty!.

I think the term "simultaneous" may be better than "dual" for your question!.Www@QuestionHome@Com