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To: frogjerk
Are you up on what the difference between a native born citizen and what the Constitution requires "Natural Born Citizen" whether or not it has been settled yet?

I don't see why the definition of "natural born citizen" matters. He's a "citizen" as defined by the Fourteenth Amendment.

Article II, Section I of the Constitution requires the President to be "a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States".

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

27 posted on 04/27/2011 9:05:22 AM PDT by gdani
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To: gdani
Article II, Section I of the Constitution requires the President to be "a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States".

that is not the end of the sentence. Please read further

No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

31 posted on 04/27/2011 9:28:53 AM PDT by frogjerk (I believe in unicorns, fairies and pro-life Democrats.)
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To: gdani
It states: "...or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution..."
32 posted on 04/27/2011 9:30:04 AM PDT by mc5cents (Government doesn't solve problems, it subsidizes them. -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: gdani
"Article II, Section I of the Constitution requires the President to be "a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States".

You cut it off.

"No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States. "

You have to consider the phrase "at the time of the adoption of this constitution". The founding fathers, were all citizens, but they weren't "Natural Born Citizens", so they grandfathered anybody who was a citizen at the time the constitution was adopted. After they died out, only the "Natural Born Citizen" would apply.

33 posted on 04/27/2011 9:31:33 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: gdani
Article II, Section I of the Constitution requires the President to be "a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States".
No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution...

Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Note the emphasis.
Those commas mean something.

49 posted on 04/27/2011 10:17:03 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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