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To: Enlightened1
Yeah, the Obama case is a lot more serious than most Americans (and quite a few FReepers) realize.

BTW, I congratulate you on cutting through all the smoke that has been blown by so many legal-eagles concerning the definition of Natural Born citizen. I agree with you that the term refers to an American citizen from birth, as opposed to someone who had to be NaturalIZED to become a citizen.

(Heck, the very fact that we call the procedure under which a person becomes a citizen well after he is born a naturalization is a common-sense testimony supporting [at the very least] the above simple definition. The naturalization protocol makes a person who was not a citizen by birthright just as good before the law as the birth-natural citizen--except for the fact that the naturalIZED citizen cannot be POTUS.)

This is why Goldwater and McCain were both regarded as eligible for the White House.

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Interestingly, the Framers were only concerned about patriotic fervor for a POTUS candidate. The irony here is that a lot of people want Cruz disqualified for the reason that they don't like his strongly patriotic Constitutionalism--or, by the same token, they want to bounce him out of the race to eliminate political competition for someone they do like.

I actually think Cruz, even if imperfect, is unimpeachably patriotic (i.e., patriotic even when it hurts him politically!). I think Cruz is a lot more patriotic than Trump--a nationalistic political opportunist, IMHO--and somewhat more patriotic, more careful about societal/constitutional matters than our Anchor Baby/Gang of Eight/NSA Surveillance guy Rubio.

101 posted on 02/05/2016 12:51:05 PM PST by the_doc
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To: the_doc
My biggest concern is the Establishment will shop a federal judge to disqualify Cruz, and then the delegates at the Republican Convention will insert Rubio.
110 posted on 02/05/2016 1:03:58 PM PST by Enlightened1
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To: the_doc
-- I congratulate you on cutting through all the smoke that has been blown by so many legal-eagles concerning the definition of Natural Born citizen. --

Especially for looking past the words of the Supreme Court on the subject!

Bellei, as a naturalized American, is entitled to all the rights and privileges of American citizenship

127 posted on 02/05/2016 1:27:20 PM PST by Cboldt
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