I argued for that, using the first comma, but I do not need to. If the word "State" was intended to be just for the States in the union, that is just limiting the use and such a restriction does not need to come through changing what the word mean. Therefore, I do not carry the burden of arguing why the word "State" in the Amendment should be taken to include States outside the union. That is because the effect of capitalizing the word "state" would make "free State" not applicable on any State, since internal States are not externally free, and that has the same end effect as what I am arguing for.
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