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To: philman_36
Just what "statutes", specifically, apply to natural born citizen?

All statutes apply to both natural born and naturalized citizens. Only Our Glorious Leader Obama is not subject to any statutes.

Seriously though, this is not rocket science. You can use an online venn diagram maker to follow along.

Every person that is present in the U.S. can be categorized as either (a) a citizen or (b) a non-citizen. Those two categories cover everyone.

All citizens can be further categorized as either (1) natural born Citizens or (2) naturalized Citizens. Those two categories cover every citizen.

All non-citizens can be further categorized as either (1) legal aliens or (2) illegal aliens. Those two categories cover every non-citizen.

That covers everyone in the U.S., except of course Our Glorious Leader who is above all.

The term "natural born Citizen" is used one time in the Constitution, in Article II, Section 1, which states in its entirety: "No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States."

Nowhere in the Constitution is the term "natural born Citizen" defined. In fact, nowhere in the Constitution is the term "Citizen" defined.

The 14th Amendment (which was adopted 90 years after the Constitution was ratified) was written to expand citizenship to include former slaves. It states, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside." It does not state that to be a citizen you have to either be born or naturalized in the U.S. and subject to the jurisdiction thereof. If it did, then it would impose new limitations on citizenship.

Here is where the venn diagram will come in handy. If all persons born or naturalized in the U.S. and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens it does not mean that all citizens are born or naturalized in the U.S. and subject to the jurisdiction thereof. If it did, then you would lose your citizenship anytime that you leave the jurisdiction of the U.S. It is a non sequitur. Similarly, all illegal aliens are aliens but not all aliens are illegal aliens. All Democrat Congresscritters are crooks, but not all crooks are Democrat Congresscritters.

It also does not support the claim that if illegal aliens cross the border and have children here, their children are automatically U.S. Citizens, since that argument completely ignores the "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" requirement, but that is an argument for another day.

327 posted on 03/24/2015 6:51:04 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: Bubba_Leroy
Just what "statutes", specifically, apply to natural born citizen?

All statutes apply to both natural born and naturalized citizens.

Again....Just what "statutes", specifically, apply to natural born citizen?
Which statute specifically, must a natural born citizen resort to as evidence of their citizenship?

You've evaded my simple question, not answered it.

328 posted on 03/24/2015 7:34:27 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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