Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

To: chaosagent
What actually constitutes a ‘natural born citizen’. Based on which of the 3 scenarios I posted above you chose, a number of past presidential candidates are not ‘natural born’, including John McCain!

What constitutes a natural born citizen? Per the law, the Constitution, and any number of Supreme Court cases it's someone who is born in the U.S. regardless of the nationality of the parents, with specific exceptions for children of diplomats, foreign heads of state, and enemy aliens held in the U.S during time of war. Or it is someone who, under certain specific circumstances, was born outside of the U.S. Simple as that.

109 posted on 06/17/2009 7:48:29 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 108 | View Replies ]


To: Non-Sequitur

You need to stop spreading your America-hating lies. A natural-born citizen is someone born in the US to an American father, as per the understanding of the Framers.


110 posted on 06/17/2009 8:28:19 AM PDT by Plummz (pro-constitution, anti-corruption)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 109 | View Replies ]

To: Non-Sequitur

What actually constitutes a ‘natural born citizen’.

Based on which of the 3 scenarios I posted above you chose, a number of past presidential candidates are not ‘natural born’, including John McCain!


What constitutes a natural born citizen? Per the law, the Constitution, and any number of Supreme Court cases it’s someone who is born in the U.S. regardless of the nationality of the parents, with specific exceptions for children of diplomats, foreign heads of state, and enemy aliens held in the U.S during time of war. Or it is someone who, under certain specific circumstances, was born outside of the U.S. Simple as that.

Look at the link in Post 51. And then Google ‘Natural Born Citizen”

There are court cases all over the place. Parents both citizens, born anywhere, Born in the US, parents don’t matter, and Parents must be citizens, born in the US.

And what are your ‘certain specific circumstances’?


119 posted on 06/17/2009 10:30:09 AM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 109 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson