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To: prismsinc

Hmmm... “move on”...

Note that this Wayne fellow says this:

“or at the age of majority by the United States government...”

How is this a natural born citizen?


54 posted on 12/06/2008 11:21:51 PM PST by little jeremiah (Leave illusion, come to the truth. Leave the darkness, come to the light.)
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To: little jeremiah
How is this a natural born citizen?

It's not, by the plain language of the term. It's a status present at birth. It's also clearly more restrictive than the basic citizenship, that all individuals born on U. S. "soil" are due, when subject to the jurisdiction thereof, of the United States. No need to even look at naturalized citizenship, as that is clearly not a status present at birth.

Beyond that, our Constitution does not clarify the term further. There is plenty of source material, that can be attributed as a source for the term, but it's not actually "codified." There has been no definitive case law to establish a precedent, no matter what any poster here might claim. The natural born citizen requirement for eligibility to the office of President has never been put to the test, legally. Barack Obama would be the first, assuming at least one of the many plaintiffs is found to have standing.

58 posted on 12/06/2008 11:32:34 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: little jeremiah

I just don’t think this will go anywhere. And even if it does, we have useless idiots lining up behind him, just in case Eclair’s not bad enough...


59 posted on 12/06/2008 11:34:16 PM PST by prismsinc (AIP works for ME!!!!)
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