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To: BuckeyeTexan
Likewise, he believes it is right and proper that Congress can amend the Constitution's original intent.

I just don't see how this fits with your previous statement that "a law which grants citizenship is, in and of itself, an act of naturalizing a group of citizens." The way I see it, this would create a sort of Catch-22 problem where the very act of redefining "natural born citizen" makes those people it includes not natural born citizens.

191 posted on 06/22/2011 11:00:38 AM PDT by Kleon
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To: Kleon
Okay, I see where I am not explaining myself well enough. There is a difference between Constitutional law and statutory law. So my statement would be clearer as follows:

"a statutory law which grants citizenship is, in and of itself, an act of naturalizing a group of citizens."

There's a significant difference between Congress passing naturalization laws and Congress amending the Constitution.

193 posted on 06/22/2011 12:00:32 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. *4192*)
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