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To: kabar
I never indicated he was not a citizen, he absolutely is. My contention is that he is not a natural born citizen as required by the Constitution.

The reason I asked about circumstances was because you said your child was a natural born citizen and not a naturalized citizen, while stating your child was born overseas. There is of course a difference between the naturalized citizens at birth, and natural born citizens.

Just as "anchor" babies are citizens at birth, they are not natural born citizens. Some here seem to think they also qualify as citizens who when they obtain the age of 35 are eligible to become the President.

60 posted on 02/10/2016 3:48:01 PM PST by Robert DeLong (u)
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To: Robert DeLong
I never indicated he was not a citizen, he absolutely is. My contention is that he is not a natural born citizen as required by the Constitution.

And I stated that the matter has never been litigated and should be. It is not settled law despite Cruz's contention to the contrary.

The reason I asked about circumstances was because you said your child was a natural born citizen and not a naturalized citizen, while stating your child was born overseas. There is of course a difference between the naturalized citizens at birth, and natural born citizens.

You must have me confused with someone else. I never said my child was unequivocally a nature born citizen as it applies to being eligible to be President under the Constitution. I believe she is under my circumstances being an accredited diplomat stationed overseas born to two Amcit parents. But the matter has never been litigated in the courts. It should be.

Just as "anchor" babies are citizens at birth, they are not natural born citizens. Some here seem to think they also qualify as citizens who when they obtain the age of 35 are eligible to become the President.

It is not settled law. It needs to be litigated. We have 300,000 anchor babies born annually. If you look at the Laurence Tribe/Ted Olson opinion that was commissioned by the Senate in 2008 to determine if McCain was eligible, you will see that they believe birthright citizenship, i.e., jus solis, is NBC. McCain - Opinion of Laurence H. Tribe and Theodore B. Olson

Tribe/Olson also gratuitously offered the opinion that Obama was a NBC because he was born in Hawaii. FWIW: Obama's mother could not have transmitted citizenship to Obama due to the regulations at the time re her age and other factors if Obama had indeed been born overseas.

62 posted on 02/10/2016 5:31:44 PM PST by kabar
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