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To: P-Marlowe
Congress does have the power to make anyone a citizen, or even a "citizen at birth", but they do not have the power to make a "Natural Born Citizen" out of a person who was not a citizen at the time of his birth.

And your basis for that claim is...?

Section 1401 deals with citizens by birth...and those citizens are natural-born citizens, as opposed to those who have to be naturalized.

817 posted on 07/04/2008 9:54:50 AM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: Gondring
And your basis for that claim is...?

The words and intent of the Constitution. Some people don't think that the words have any meaning at all. I do.

824 posted on 07/04/2008 10:05:38 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: Gondring
Section 1401 deals with citizens by birth...and those citizens are natural-born citizens, as opposed to those who have to be naturalized.

If that is true, then Congress has the power to make Arnold Schwarzenegger a "Natural Born Citizen" merely by declaring him one.

827 posted on 07/04/2008 10:11:05 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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