To: xzins; Alamo-Girl
Your reasoning is impeccable, dear xzins! The problem is the proliferation of pesky commas.
Fortunately, standard punctuation in modern English calls for fewer commas than the older usage. We readers today are used to the more "streamlined" rules; so when we encounter the older usage, it gives us a headache. :^)
That superfluous comma notwithstanding, the logic of Article II, Section 1 is: “No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of the President."
Thank you so very much for your spot-on insights, dear brother in Christ!
152 posted on
05/03/2011 9:00:26 AM PDT by
betty boop
(Seek truth and beauty together; you will never find them apart. — F. M. Cornford)
To: betty boop; Alamo-Girl
Kind words from both of you. Thank you.
153 posted on
05/03/2011 9:55:55 AM PDT by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain & proud of it: Truly Supporting the Troops means praying for their Victory!)
To: betty boop; Alamo-Girl
Kind words from both of you. Thank you.
154 posted on
05/03/2011 9:58:37 AM PDT by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain & proud of it: Truly Supporting the Troops means praying for their Victory!)
To: betty boop; Alamo-Girl
Kind words from both of you. Thank you.
155 posted on
05/03/2011 10:18:12 AM PDT by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain & proud of it: Truly Supporting the Troops means praying for their Victory!)
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