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To: freedumb2003
Read it again bozo.

The drafter of the 14th and the CITIZENSHIP clause (Bingham) explained it very clearly.

“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.”

It says parents.

52 posted on 06/07/2011 7:33:05 PM PDT by DaveTesla (You can fool some of the people some of the time......)
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To: DaveTesla

>>Read it again bozo.<<

Jeeze, you really don’t like having to defend your position, do you?

>>It says parents.<<

Yes, and? There is not in the language in the Amendment that provides clarification of “owing allegiance to.”

I can do a search (as can you) that provides clarification on that term. In general, children born physically here have been adjudicated to be “natural born citizens.” They can get a US passport with just their birth certificate and can vote from the moment they hit 18.

You provide a difference without a distinction. Legally speaking.


61 posted on 06/07/2011 7:42:19 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Herman Cain 2012)
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