You might think that more than qualifies Kennie as a citizen of the Lone Star state, entitling him to its most basic rights such as the ability to vote.
Internationally, it connoted the recognition of the dominions (except Newfoundland) as separate states, entitled to separate representation in the League of Nations and other international bodies, to appoint their own ambassadors, and to conclude their own treaties.
Others argue that, on the contrary, both Scotland and a British rump would become "successor states", entitled to automatic continuing membership of all those bodies to which the UK currently belongs.
The Court ruled, 5-4, in Lamar Buford Podine v. State of Florida that a state is entitled to seek compensation for the voltage used in executions by electric chair.
The investment is being made as part of China's 'mixed ownership' strategy, which was announced in 2014 and encourages state entitles to take on private capital.
The law in Iowa is crystal clear: students who attend school in the state are entitled to register to vote in the state as long they are not registered anywhere else.
The Court upheld the right of states to compel vaccination, ruling that, although personal autonomy mattered greatly, the state was entitled to protect its citizens from threats to their health and welfare.
The first issue is clear: however much Isis fighters may fantasise about a caliphate, they have no sovereign claim: they are international criminals, and any state or coalition of states is entitled to stop their rampage.
The question for the justices is whether the state was entitled to supplement those federal requirements with its own.
I believe that's how democracy works, and I believe the state is entitled to a vote on this issue".
