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To: jamese777
What you have stated is correct and it is consistent with the 14th Amendment to the Constitution and scores of US Supreme Court decisions that have interpreted the 14th Amendment with regard to citizenship since 1868.

I don't see the words "natural born" in the 14th amendment. It did nothing to change the meaning of that term. And it did not intend to do so. The intent was to make citizens of the freed slaves. Full Stop. It has the side effect of making anyone, regardless of their parentage, born in the US, a citizen of the US, But it says nothing about Natural Born. No court case has turned on the meaning of Natural Born Citizen. So despite centuries of dicta on the subject, as case that did turn on the meaning, which could only be a Presidential Eligibility case, would/will be a case of first impression. No "settled law", no binding precedent. Just a knock down drag out over the original meaning or understanding of the term as used in the Presidential eligibility clause of Article II Section 1 of the Constitution.

154 posted on 03/11/2010 11:13:01 PM PST by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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To: El Gato

I don’t see the words “natural born” in the 14th amendment. It did nothing to change the meaning of that term. And it did not intend to do so. The intent was to make citizens of the freed slaves. Full Stop. It has the side effect of making anyone, regardless of their parentage, born in the US, a citizen of the US, But it says nothing about Natural Born. No court case has turned on the meaning of Natural Born Citizen. So despite centuries of dicta on the subject, as case that did turn on the meaning, which could only be a Presidential Eligibility case, would/will be a case of first impression. No “settled law”, no binding precedent. Just a knock down drag out over the original meaning or understanding of the term as used in the Presidential eligibility clause of Article II Section 1 of the Constitution.


Conversely, no court has ever ruled that “born citizen” and “natural born citizen” have different meanings with regard to Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution.


204 posted on 03/12/2010 9:42:05 AM PST by jamese777
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