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To: Plummz
A natural-born citizen is someone born in the US to an American father, as per the understanding of the Framers.

Pity they didn't write that down somewhere, then maybe the law, the Constitution, and the Supreme Court would agree with you.

111 posted on 06/17/2009 8:32:38 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur

It was the common understanding at the time, in the reference books, etc. You can’t just make up definitions for words in the Constitution that you don’t like. This is akin to the anti-Americans who say “militia” means only the National Guard. The militia was and is every able-bodied free adult male.

Here are some other words not defined in the Constitution:

“the”
“navy”
“ten”
“days”
“two”
“seas”

None of these words are defined in the Constitution. They have and had meanings in their own right.

You don’t get to redefine words in order to twist the Constitution to conform with your anti-American ideals.


113 posted on 06/17/2009 8:50:09 AM PDT by Plummz (pro-constitution, anti-corruption)
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