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To: HamiltonJay
Foreign, or Dual Citizenship of a parent precludes a child from being natural born under its very definition

And that definition is to be found in what clause of the Constitution?

22 posted on 08/03/2009 9:55:50 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur

Go read the ruling posted above my friend.

Natural Born Citizen is a very specific term, and in the context of the constituional writing that terms meaning is very well understood and defined. No child of a parent who owes allegance to another nation, whether that child be born on US Soil or not is a natural born citizen.

The constitution does not simply say “citizen” or “native born citizen” it uses a very well understood and defined phrase of “natural born citizen”. Words have meaning folks, even if you have been taught otherwise by a dumbed down educational system. The framers and authors of the constitution used words for their meanings, not arbitrarily.

Ignoring the historical context of the writing of the constitution to play semantics with it post facto like those who try to argue “natural born” does not mean what it means are guilty of what Madison warned of when he stated the obvious:

Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government.
-James Madison


40 posted on 08/03/2009 10:12:47 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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