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To: WOSG
The Constitution is only a item of historical interest?

The 14th amendment did not change the meaning of Natural Born citizen. IT only allowed people to claim citizenship with less than full and complete allegiance as required under Article 2 . It still required that the parents have allegiance to the U.S., the court recognized immigration(legal) as a form of allegaince as it normally leads to citizenshp.

Natural Born citizen : Children ( who parents owe full and complete allegiance to the U.S. ) are Natural Born.

652 posted on 11/15/2010 10:21:39 AM PST by omegadawn (qualified)
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To: omegadawn

“The 14th amendment did not change the meaning of Natural Born citizen.”

Of course, it didnt change the meaning of ‘natural-born’ which both before and after meant those acquiring citizenship at birth. What it DID change was who got to be a citizen at birth.

All these arguments that require citizen parents to be a citizen at birth, aka natural-born citizen, use quote from prior to 1867.

Maybe the Constitution is only of historical interest to you, but to me it is the supreme law of the law and ALL OF IT is supreme. Including the Amendments. Tossing the 14th away and pretending it doesnt impact who gets to be President denigrates our Constitution and is wrong. If you acquired citizenship via the 14th amendment birthright citizenship clause, you can run for President.


660 posted on 11/15/2010 11:42:59 AM PST by WOSG (OPERATION RESTORE AMERICAN FREEDOM - NOVEMBER, 2010 - DO YOUR PART!)
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