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To: jmaroneps37

It’s a supreme court argument at this point. What I do know is that the framers dealt with the natural born citizen thing twice: once in in the constitution and once in the naturalization act of 1790 which specifically stated that nationality is conferred by the father and that the right of citizenship did “not descend to persons whose fathers have never been resident in the United States. The framer’s original intent is pretty clear regardless of what people say today.


13 posted on 05/01/2011 7:49:20 AM PDT by RC one (Donald Trump-I'm listening.)
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To: RC one
John Jay (December 12, 1745 – May 17, 1829), American revolutionary, and the first Chief Justice of the United States
was so concerned about "natural born" being a PREREQUISITE to being POTUS, that he wrote to
Gen. Washington and underlined this in his letter (see below).



"[T]he people are the sovereign of this country, and consequently that
fellow citizens and joint sovereigns cannot be degraded by appearing
with each other in their own courts to have their controversies determined.
The people have reason to prize and rejoice in such valuable privileges,
and they ought not to forget that nothing but the free course
of constitutional law and government can ensure the continuance
and enjoyment of them.
"
[John Jay, Chisholm v. Georgia]

16 posted on 05/01/2011 7:53:13 AM PDT by Diogenesis ( Vi veri veniversum vivus vici)
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