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To: patlin

And the difference between “natural born” and “naturalized” is?

If naturalized does not encompass everything within the definition of natural born, they must have different meanings.

A reasonable person would recognize that “natural born” is more restrictive than “naturalized.” They are, therefore, not the same.


93 posted on 02/06/2012 5:35:50 PM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: SeaHawkFan
A reasonable person would recognize that “natural born” is more restrictive than “naturalized.” They are, therefore, not the same.

You would be correct and 14th agrees with you per the “subject to the jurisdiction” clause. The former(born) never owed allegiance to a foreign nation and the later(naturalized) did “UNTIL” renouncing the foreign allegiance and putting on that of the United States. The only difference is that the former(born) can attain to the presidency and the later(naturalized) may not.

But alas the 14th is not an Amendment that created any citizens, it is an amendment to protect the persons freed by the Emancipation Proclamation & enforced by the 13th Amendment. The 14th Amendment is a “protection” amendment, just as all the other amendments protect certain rights. It forced the slave states to recognize all free persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United States(owing allegiance “ONLY” to the US), regardless of color, as citizens.

96 posted on 02/06/2012 6:44:59 PM PST by patlin ("Knowledge is a powerful source that is 2nd to none but God" ConstitutionallySpeaking 2011)
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