To: EnderWiggins; Danae
1. There was only one definition of "natural born citizen" in the English language at the time the Framers wrote Article II of the US Constitution. That was the definition provided by three centuries of English common law. There was no other. The undeniable facts are that the Founders could read French, and that the Founders used Vattel's definition as the meaning and intent for Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5, the Natural Born Citizen clause, in the US Constitution.
We see below that it does say 'Natural' in French highlighted. It's no denying it - there it is:
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_nbuOynoD7I0/SmYp2PF6OSI/AAAAAAAAAR4/EqqwBvR23lY/s800/Vattel.jpg)
To: Red Steel
"The undeniable facts are that the Founders could read French, and that the Founders used Vattel's definition as the meaning and intent for Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5, the Natural Born Citizen clause, in the US Constitution."
This is a lie. De Vattel never once ever defined "natural born citizen. The phrase never once passed through his lips or his pen.
To: Red Steel
OMG! You mean Ben Franklin lived in Paris for years AND he could read FRENCH! zOMG NO WAI!
ROTFLMAO.
That guy is a nutcase.
570 posted on
02/14/2010 1:09:19 PM PST by
Danae
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