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To: marron
-"If both Cruz's parents were citizens, then he qualifies."

Maybe by 'your' rules. Certainly not the U.S. Constitution. Read up the history, and you will see that there are only two ways to become a U.S. Citizen.... "by birth" or by application. There is no "third class" of citizenship.. There is NO LEGAL basis for a third class of citizenship, if there is show me the class in the U.S. CODE!!!!

16 posted on 07/21/2013 9:40:31 AM PDT by LibFreeUSA
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To: LibFreeUSA

Perhaps you can explain why the Founders wrote a Constitution that specifies that for the eligibility for POTUSA a person must be ‘NATURAL born citizen’ and then specified for Congresspersons simply a ‘citizen’. Certainly the Founders were educated and I believe would not have made such a distinction in such an important document if they had not intended such. A ‘natural born citizen’ by the Founders dialogs has several specific tags. I see no need to replace original intention with modern day expediency.


173 posted on 07/21/2013 11:50:13 AM PDT by noinfringers2
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To: LibFreeUSA
There is NO LEGAL basis for a third class of citizenship, if there is show me the class in the U.S. CODE!!!!

The US Code cannot redefine terms in the Constitution. Absent a Constitutional amendment, they mean now what they meant then.

You want Congress defining "arms" or "speech" or "the press" or "unreasonable search or seizure"?

215 posted on 07/21/2013 12:40:15 PM PDT by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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