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To: Cold Case Posse Supporter

You actually just proved what’s probably the opposite case you intended to prove. The Natural-Born Citizen movement has been trying to prove that when Vattel’s use of the term “les naturels” should be regarded as the basis for the concept of “natural-born citizenship.” Vattel went at very great length to define “les naturels” as the natives of a country.

What you’ve done is demonstrated that, as a point of law, “native” is not identical to “natural-born citizen.” Who else are natural-born citizens, besides those who are native? Those whose parents are citizens of a nation! So, yes, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio qualify as natural-born citizens.

Natural-born citizen means those who are citizens as a legal consequence of their birth, as opposed to those who are naturalized. Most NBCs are thus because of where they are born (”native”) but not all.


29 posted on 04/02/2013 10:18:17 AM PDT by dangus (Poverty cannot be eradicated as long as the poor remain dependent on the state - Pope Francis)
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To: dangus

Other people who are NBC, but not natives:

John McCain (who was born in Panama, of U.S. citizens) and Bobby Jindal (who was born under U.S. law, but whose parents were not Americans)


30 posted on 04/02/2013 10:20:02 AM PDT by dangus (Poverty cannot be eradicated as long as the poor remain dependent on the state - Pope Francis)
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