People

Black’s Law Dictionary, 4th Edition, Page 1292
A state; as the people of the state of New York. A nation in its collective and political capacity. Nesbitt v. Lushington, 4 Term R. 783; U. S. v. Quincy, 6 Pet. 467, 8 L.Ed. 458; U. S. v. Trumbull, D.C.Cal., 48 F. 99.

The aggregate or mass of the individuals who constitute the state. Solon v. State, 54 Tex.Cr.R. 261, 114 S.W. 349; Loi Hoa v. Nagle, C.C.A.Cal., 13 F.2d 80, 81.

In a more restricted sense, and as generally used in constitutional law, the entire body of those citizens of a state or nation who are invested with political power for political purposes, that is, the qualified voters or electors.

Koehler v. Hill, 60 Iowa 543, 15 N.W. 609; Boyd v. Nebraska, 12 S.Ct. 375, 143 U.S. 135, 36 L.Ed. 103; In re Incurring of State Debts, 19 R.I. 610, 37 A. 14; In re Opinion of the Justices, 226 Mass. 607, 115 N.E. 921, 922; State v. City of Albuquerque, 31 N.M. 576, 249 P. 242, 247.

The definitions of state, people, and nation; the people are the political force behind their nation. These three definitions are the trifecta that defines what a National is.

Since the U.S.C. defines a “national” as an individual who owes permanent allegiance to a state, and is a holder of political power in our nation the term national fits very nicely. A national is a member of the people, who as a body politic creates government for the enforcement of their will over things and persons in their territory, and for all intents and purposes is the nation.

A national owes permanent alliance to themselves, at least as a body politic. This makes it quite clear that persons are distinct from people, as a person under the 14th amendment can’t be a member of the “people” in the eyes of the Federal Government, as noted that federal citizenship takes primacy.