Originally protected individuals only against the national government, and, at the time, only two states, virginia and rhode island, had unqualified religious freedom.

The citizenship clause of the fourteenth amendment says a naturalized personis not a citizen and cannot become a citizen of the united states.is a citizen, just like someone who was born in the united states.must have been born in the united states, not in another country.must have been born in a country other than the united states