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To: Nero Germanicus
Yes the Court used the colloquial term “native born” to be synonymous with “natural born.”

And what did the court mean by usage of the word "Native" in say, 1875?

At common-law, with the nomenclature of which the framers of the Constitution were familiar, it was never doubted that all children born in a country of parents who were its citizens became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also. These were natives, or natural-born citizens, as distinguished from aliens or foreigners.

Funny, their definition of the word "native" corresponds to OUR definition of the word "natural born" but not yours. How did the Justice Waite every become Chief Justice without understanding the meaning of this term "native"?

It's a mystery! Obviously the 1875 court is wrong, not you.

204 posted on 05/07/2013 11:45:54 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
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To: DiogenesLamp

You left out significant sections of the Minor v. Happersett holding which help explain why it has not been successfully applied to Obama eligibility actions.
“Additions might always be made to the citizenship of the United States in two ways: first, by birth, and second, by naturalization. This is apparent from the Constitution itself, for it provides that ‘no person except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of the Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President,’ and that Congress shall have power ‘to establish a uniform rule of naturalization.’Thus new citizens may be born or they may be created by naturalization.”


And the next sentence following what you quoted is very important: “ Some authorities go further and include as citizens children born within the jurisdiction without reference to the citizenship of their parents. As to this class there have been doubts, but never as to the first. For the purposes of this case it is not necessary to solve these doubts.”


208 posted on 05/07/2013 1:16:51 PM PDT by Nero Germanicus
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