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To: CDR Kerchner

Until the Supreme Court defines “Natural Born Citizen” we will not know who can or can not be president.


15 posted on 08/07/2024 12:46:46 PM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, oilfield roughneck, drilling fluid tech, geologist, pilot, pharmacist ,MAGA)
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To: cpdiii

In Inglis v. Trustees (1830) and Elk v. Wilkins (1884), the Supreme Court considered the status of children who are born in the United States, of fathers who owe allegiance to a sovereignty other than the United States. In both cases, the Court ruled that such children are not even citizens, let alone natural born citizens.


23 posted on 08/07/2024 1:46:54 PM PDT by South Dakota (Patriotism is the new terrorism .)
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In Minor v. Happersett (1875), the Supreme Court defined two classes of persons. The first class consists of children born in the United States, of U.S.-citizen parents. The second class consists of all other U.S.-born children, regardless of their parents’ citizenship. The Court used the term “natural born citizen” only in reference to members of the first class. Regarding members of the second class, the Court doubted they were even citizens, let alone natural born citizens. In the Court’s opinion, natural born citizens are “distinguished from” aliens or foreigners, suggesting that a natural born citizen is someone who is not a “foreigner” (foreign citizen) at birth [05].


24 posted on 08/07/2024 1:48:50 PM PDT by South Dakota (Patriotism is the new terrorism .)
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To: cpdiii
Until the Supreme Court defines “Natural Born Citizen” we will not know who can or can not be president.

"Nature" defines it. The courts can either acknowledge what the "natural law" definition of it is, or they can just get it wrong as they usually do.

28 posted on 08/07/2024 2:31:05 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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