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To: SatinDoll
Sorry, there is nothing in the law that says a person must be born of two US citizens in order to be Natural Born. I don't care what the immigration service says, they are speaking without any legal authority to back them up.

As I told another FReeper, show me the clause in the constitution that requires this or show me the court case that defines Natural Born as having to have two citizen parents if you are born in one of the US states. In reality there would have to be an amendment to the constitution in order for this to be a requirement since the constitution specifically excludes the need of having Citizen parents if you are born in a US state. Read the constitution and understand it, it is your friend.

16 posted on 05/23/2011 2:52:03 AM PDT by calex59
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To: calex59

Too bad you’ve read the Constitution, yet know nothing.


20 posted on 05/23/2011 4:49:48 AM PDT by SatinDoll (NOT FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT)
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To: calex59; SatinDoll
As I told another FReeper, show me the clause in the constitution that requires this or show me the court case that defines Natural Born as having to have two citizen parents if you are born in one of the US states.

I think after all is said and done you will find the answer to this in the 2nd Amendment.

26 posted on 05/23/2011 5:26:41 AM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (I retain the right to be inconsistent, contradictory and even flat-out wrong!)
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To: calex59
...show me the clause in the constitution that requires this or show me the court case that defines Natural Born as having to have two citizen parents if you are born in one of the US states.

Even if what you imply is true (that there has been no legal or legislative definition), the fact still remains that the phrase "natural born Citizen" exists in the Constitution, and it applies only to the qualification to be President or Vice-President.

The Supremacy Clause of Article VI does not allow you to disregard the existence of "natural born Citizen" in regards to the Article II qualifications. It must, therefore, be acknowledged and defined, not discarded as inconvenient or not complying with original or conventional interpretation.

The answer is not to argue that "natural born Citizen" doesn't exist. The answer is to acknowledge that it does exist and define it once and for all.

-PJ

77 posted on 05/23/2011 3:50:10 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day, Mexican on Cinco de Mayo, and American on Election Day.)
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