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To: TribalPrincess2U

Write him back and inform him that there are three requirements not two.

* be a natural born citizen of the united States
* be at least 35 years old
* have lived in the U.S. for at least 14 years

Then ask him if he is smarter than a fifth-grader.


36 posted on 12/05/2008 6:14:10 PM PST by Smokeyblue
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To: Smokeyblue
With Terrorists trying to infiltrate and bring us down..now is the time to define what is a native citizen, what is a natural born citizen...and just who is eligible to run for office.

From Wikipedia:


The 1790 Congress, many of whose members had been members of the Constitutional Convention, provided in the Naturalization Act of 1790 that "And the children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond the sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born citizens." In addition George Washington was president of the Constitutional Convention and President of the United States when this bill became law. If Washington disagreed with this definition, he could have vetoed this bill.

However, in 1795 the Congress passed the Naturalization Act of 1795 which removed the words "natural born" from this statement to state that such children born to citizens beyond the seas are citizens of the U.S., but are not legally to be considered "natural born citizens" of the U.S. This was done to clarify for those living at that time who was and who was not a "natural born citizen" per the framers intent at that time, since the 1790 Act had introduced confusion into that subject in regards to the use of those words in the Constitution. George Washington was also President in 1795, and thus he was aware of this change. And if he disagreed with the clarification and change in the wording in the new act in 1795, he would have vetoed the Naturalization Act of 1795.

37 posted on 12/05/2008 6:19:56 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: Smokeyblue

Love it!


40 posted on 12/05/2008 6:21:36 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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