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To: wideminded

I should not have used “natural” in number 2, I should have used “citizen.” In number 3 I should have used “natural born citizen.”

Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution provides that: “No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty-five years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States, ...”

Article 1, Section 3 provides that: “No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, ...”

Article 2, Section 1 reads: “No person except a natural born citizen ..., shall be eligible to the office of the president ...”

That wording differentiates between “citizen” and “natural born citizen.”


137 posted on 04/27/2012 11:59:05 AM PDT by RobinOfKingston (The instinct toward liberalism is located in the part of the brain called the rectal lobe.)
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To: RobinOfKingston
I should not have used “natural” in number 2, I should have used “citizen.” ...

That wording differentiates between “citizen” and “natural born citizen.”

Yes, but a "citizen" could be naturalized. A naturalized citizen is a citizen. So that still makes only two categories.

Both senators and representatives can be foreign born and naturalized. BTW here is a list of current and former US politicians who were born in foreign countries.

160 posted on 04/27/2012 1:02:25 PM PDT by wideminded
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