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To: armordog99

God, we are chasing our tails here.

How many times, thousands upon thousands have people posted here that there is a difference between being a citizen of the UNITED STATES BY BIRTH, AND A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN MEANING WITH AMERICAN PARENTS.

You can be a citizen but not natural born.

Obama we believe may indeed be a citizen, but we do not think he is natural born.

I guess this will all get sorted out, if he runs again?


31 posted on 01/30/2011 5:11:13 PM PST by nikos1121
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To: nikos1121

If you read the decision the ruling talks about the history of the term natural born citizen and cites British common law. The court decided that when the 14th amendment speaks of citizen it means natural born citizen.

I am not a lawyer, but unless this case was ever overturned then anyone born on american soil is considered a natural born citizen, no matter who there parents where.
According to this case Bruce Lee could have run for president.

I do not like it anymore than anyone else, but the Supreme Court is tasked with interpreting the law.

I am still looking into if you are not born in America but one of your parents are American. I would assume from this ruling you would not be eligible but then how was McCain eligible?


33 posted on 01/30/2011 5:19:48 PM PST by armordog99
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