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To: Beckwith

“Natural born” appears only in the Constitution, so you won’t find it in any law. That, after all, is what causes the problem in people’s minds: What, they want to know, did the framers of the Constitution mean? There is abundant evidence that they meant that a person was not a “foreigner.” Anyone born in the United States is not a foreigner. That’s it.


363 posted on 07/01/2009 1:18:09 PM PDT by Technical Editor
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To: Technical Editor
“Natural born” appears only in the Constitution, so you won’t find it in any law.

Oh, really? Here's three SCOTUS cases for ya.

Natural Born status is mentioned in case law: Minor v. Happersett (1874) 21 Wall. 162, 166-168

U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark's (1898) importance is that it is the first case decided by the Supreme Court that attempts to explain the meaning of "natural born citizen." In U. S. v Wong Kim Ark, the court thoroughly discussed "natural born citizen," and in doing so, Justice Gray quoted directly from the holding in a prior Supreme Court case, Minor v. Happersett (above).

Perkins v. Elg's (1939) importance is that it actually gives examples of what a "natural born citizen" of the U.S. is; what a "citizen" of the U.S. is; and what a "native born citizen" of the U. S.

Go to the link I gave you. The stuff there was mostly produced from 3 attorneys who are practicing in the federal courts system. You got some homework to do.

Cheers . . .
368 posted on 07/01/2009 2:29:37 PM PDT by Beckwith (A "natural born citizen" -- two American citizen parents and born in the USA.)
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