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Boston Globe: "native born" does not equal "natural born" for Presidential eligibility.
Natural Born Citizen (blog) ^
| March 12, 2011
| Leo Donofrio
Posted on 03/12/2011 9:33:22 PM PST by Seizethecarp
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To: bigheadfred
Or a Reid, which is even worse. ;’)
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posted on
03/13/2011 1:55:20 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: STARWISE
42
posted on
03/13/2011 1:55:48 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: bigheadfred
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posted on
03/13/2011 2:09:28 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: SunkenCiv
Well, like I said,
Nasty BastardThe dichotomy that exists between steel and reed, and steal and Reid.
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posted on
03/13/2011 2:11:26 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
(THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE HAS BEGUN)
To: Seizethecarp
Republican presidential candidates VOLUNTARILY attach a copy of their long form birth certificates to their primary application in each state.
I hope they do it in order to reassure the American people that they were born in the United States, that they are who they say they are, and that they were NOT adopted by a citizen of another country at some point in their lives.
To: noinfringers2
We were born in the mid-west USA and our parents were unnaturalized Russian immigrants. These facts and consequences of the matter dawned on me after WWII service although I thought differently as a child with the idea any one can become POTUSA. The Supreme Court has never had to rule on who is a natural born citizen. If they ever do, it will be very strange if they don't simply say it means citizen by birth (which would include you and thank you for your service). Any other interpretation would run counter to the common understanding and require adducing all manner of esoterica predating the 14th Amendment and would seem contrived to fit Obama's facts.
The status of Obama's father was completely known before the election, but the arguments that he wasn't eligible then advanced all depended on his having been born outside the country. Only when that factual argument failed did the birthers attempt a legal argument. See if you can find a thread before the election wherein Vattel, for example, was discussed in this connection.
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posted on
03/13/2011 9:34:42 PM PDT
by
cynwoody
To: cynwoody
The Supreme Court has never had to rule on who is a natural born citizen. If they ever do, it will be very strange if they don't simply say it means citizen by birth I agree with you that SCOTUS is overrun with traitors.
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posted on
03/14/2011 12:05:42 AM PDT
by
Plummz
(pro-constitution, anti-corruption)
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