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To: Plummz; LucyT
Wrong. The term “natural-born citizen” comes from the Law of Nations, not British common-law. We went to war with Britain in 1812 because we disagreed with English common law’s definition of a natural-born subject.

Well the war of 1812 is a little down the road from Blackstone, the historical common law, and even the drafting of the U S Constitution.

7,006 posted on 08/05/2009 4:44:36 PM PDT by David (...)
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To: David

And the drafting of the Constitution explicitly used a term from the Law of Nations, and not the common law. Now that you know, hopefully you will stop spreading the misinformation you did above.


7,007 posted on 08/05/2009 4:52:41 PM PDT by Plummz (pro-constitution, anti-corruption)
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