Full and Complete Jurisdiction

Some have argued that the discussion during the 14th Amendment or the Civil Right’s act suggested that jurisdiction over the child had to be “full and complete”. To truly understand the meaning of these terms, one has to take but a look at Justice Marshall in Schooner Exchange v. M’Faddon, 11 U.S. 116 (1812)

The jurisdiction of the nation within its own territory is necessarily exclusive and absolute. It is susceptible of no limitation not imposed by itself. Any restriction derived from an external source would imply a diminution of its sovereignty to the extent of the restriction and an investment of that sovereignty to the same extent in that power which could impose such restriction.  All exceptions, therefore, to the full and complete power of a nation within its own territories must be traced up to the consent of the nation itself. They can flow from no other legitimate source.