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To: omegadawn
That's the point. Arthur tried to hide the fact that his father was a naturalized citizen after he [VP Arthur] was born. A natural born citizen under the Constitution's requirement to be President or VP is different from being a citizen.

Obama's reputed father was never a US citizen. At the very least, Obama's eligibility should be challenged and brought to SCOTUS, since the courts have never ruled on exactly what constitutes a "natural born citizen" under the Constitution as it pertains to the Presidency.

"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."

65 posted on 01/21/2011 9:43:25 AM PST by kabar
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To: kabar

” the courts have never ruled on what constitutes a” natural born citizen”

The Supreme court has never specially addressed a case that was based solely on the meaning of Natural born.
BUT......

The Supreme court has defined the meaning of Natural Born a number of time.
for example: Minor vs Happensett
CHILDREN WHOM PARENTS ARE U.S CITIZENS ARE CONSIDERED NATURAL BORN. Parent(s) means both of them!!


83 posted on 01/21/2011 11:09:50 AM PST by omegadawn (qualified)
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To: kabar

” the courts have never ruled on what constitutes a” natural born citizen”

The Supreme court has never specially addressed a case that was based solely on the meaning of Natural born.
BUT......

The Supreme court has defined the meaning of Natural Born a number of time.
for example: Minor vs Happensett
CHILDREN WHOM PARENTS ARE U.S CITIZENS ARE CONSIDERED NATURAL BORN. Parent(s) means both of them!!


84 posted on 01/21/2011 11:11:52 AM PST by omegadawn (qualified)
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