To: autumnraine
"Personally though, I think the 14th amendment makes it pretty clear that if he was born here, hes a citizen and even NBC."
Sorry, you are wrong.
Rep. John Bingham, framer of the 14th Amendment, before The US House of Representatives (March 9, 1866 ) http:// grou.ps/zapem/blogs/3787
I find no fault with the introductory clause [S 61 Bill], which is simply declaratory of what is written in the Constitution, that every human being born within the jurisdiction of the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is, in the language of your Constitution itself, a natural born citizen
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5,286 posted on
08/03/2009 9:53:30 AM PDT by
voveo
To: voveo
Bingham’s statement does not trump the federal statute or the 14th Amendment. That’s a fact. Bingham’s statement is not the law.
Why can’t you all realize that the nationality law tells you who is a natural born citizen by defining who is a citizen at birth?
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/8/1401.html
“The following shall be nationals and citizens of the United States at birth:
(a) a person born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof; ... “
To: voveo
Ahh, thank you voveo! I haven’t seen that section and I will file away for future reference.
5,348 posted on
08/03/2009 10:29:55 AM PDT by
autumnraine
(You can't fix stupid, but you can vote it out!)
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