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To: TheBigIf
If the Framers had wanted to say “anyone born on U.S. soil” then they would of said that but instead they used a term that was defined just as Leo said.

The founders don't always have the last word, latter amendments can change things.

Amendment XIV, Section. 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.

So certainly Jindal was a "Citizen at Birth", it remains to be seen if that is the same as a "natural born" citizen. I think in this case, involving a Constitutional amendment, as opposed to a change in the statute law about the requirements for a person born outside to the US to recieve citizenship via a parent or parents, the answer is probably "Yes".

68 posted on 12/11/2008 5:59:02 PM PST by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: El Gato

You said?:

“The founders don’t always have the last word, latter amendments can change things.

Amendment XIV, Section. 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.

So certainly Jindal was a “Citizen at Birth”, it remains to be seen if that is the same as a “natural born” citizen. I think in this case, involving a Constitutional amendment, as opposed to a change in the statute law about the requirements for a person born outside to the US to recieve citizenship via a parent or parents, the answer is probably “Yes”. “


This latter Amendment defines a citizen but not a natural born citizen. It in no way was written either (there is no historical context) in any way that it was intended to change Artile II - Section 1 of the Constitution.


72 posted on 12/11/2008 6:04:21 PM PST by TheBigIf
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