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To: MileHi

“Do you doubt that Vattel was a source for the founders? Is it your assertion they were merely sloppy when they used NBC for the President, but only citizen for senators and representatives?”

Vattel was not a source for citizenship laws. Vattel argued it all followed the father, which has never been US law. We have followed the English example and used birthplace.

A naturalized citizen has every right except this - he cannot run fro President.


60 posted on 05/10/2011 3:11:33 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (Poor history is better than good fiction, and anything with lots of horses is better still)
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To: Mr Rogers
Vattel was not a source for citizenship laws.

Laws? You are obfuscating. I never said he was, but his work helped the founders define terms.

A naturalized citizen has every right except this - he cannot run fro President.

Why not? A citizen is a citizen is a citizen. An anchor baby, a liar like 0b0z0, according to you is the same as a son of two Americans. In fact why not a person who goes to the trouble to be naturalized and become an American as opposed to a kid who was dropped in a US hospital by America haters who just want the welfare?

You STILL did not address why the founders used different terms to define eligibility for POTUS and all other office holders if there is no distinction.

62 posted on 05/10/2011 4:40:38 PM PDT by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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