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To: Non-Sequitur

One born on US soil is a US citizen.

One born on US soil of US citizen parents is a “natural born” citizen.


213 posted on 12/04/2008 7:14:25 AM PST by seekthetruth
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To: seekthetruth

That is not the question. U.S. law, and Supreme Court decisions, both state that a person born in the U.S. is a citizen at birth. What is the difference between ‘citizen at birth’ and ‘natural born citizen’ and where is this difference defined by law?


217 posted on 12/04/2008 7:21:18 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: seekthetruth

What about persons born abroad to Amcit parents? Natural born or not?


218 posted on 12/04/2008 7:21:52 AM PST by kabar
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To: seekthetruth

And only natural born citizens, or persons who are citizens of the U.S. while the Constitution was being adopted, are eligible to become President, Correct?


219 posted on 12/04/2008 7:22:03 AM PST by classified
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To: seekthetruth

“One born on US soil is a US citizen.

One born on US soil of US citizen parents is a ‘natural born’ citizen.”

Where does it say that? Common sense tells me that if you are born a citizen, you are a natural born citizen.


405 posted on 12/04/2008 2:49:43 PM PST by Tublecane
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To: seekthetruth
I'm not an Obamacrat, I have a copy of the Constitution in my hand, and I've only gotten this far on this thread, and so far, I've seen only Constitutional distinction regarding citizenship I've seen is 1) born in the U.S. or 2) naturalized in the U.S., with the caveat of being subject to U.S. jurisdiction.

So far, I haven't seen a third category in COTUS or law distinguishing something called "natural born" citizen as opposed to simply born in the U.S.

412 posted on 12/04/2008 3:01:17 PM PST by Jim W N
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