Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

To: HawkHogan
Can the Rubio/Cruz birthers point to any writings from the time of framing of the Constitution to justify their definition of natural born citizen?

Yes.

Can they point to any case law?

Yes.

Can they explain the other Presidents (ie NOT Obama) that didn’t meet their Natural Born Citizen criteria?

There is only one, and his failure to meet the requirements was not known until just a few years ago.

It’s strange that all these birthers are experts are the natural born citizen clause, but have nothing to support it in case law or from the writings of the Framers.

It's strange that someone who has obviously not bothered to read what we have pointed out regarding the writings of the framers will pop off an accusation from ignorance. I can give you far more than you will want to read.

If the Framers wanted to ensure that you were born in the United States to two parents of American citizenship why wouldn’t they explicitly put that language in the Constitution.

The only word defined in the Constitution is "Treason." They weren't writing a dictionary. As James Madison said:

What could the Convention have done? If they had in general terms declared the Common law to be in force, they would have broken in upon the legal Code of every State in the most material points: they wd. have done more, they would have brought over from G.B. a thousand heterogeneous & antirepublican doctrines, and even the ecclesiastical Hierarchy itself, for that is a part of the Common law. If they had undertaken a discrimination, they must have formed a digest of laws, instead of a Constitution.

432 posted on 03/09/2013 1:23:58 PM PST by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 135 | View Replies ]


To: DiogenesLamp

Well, actually you have not pointed to any case law. Even Scalia and Thomas, who are the strongest originalist on the Court, would disregard your definition of “natural born citizen.”

It’s fine. You guys dislike Obama so much, you think by raising this point with Cruz and Rubio, that you will somehow bring about the end of Obama’s Presidency. It’s not going to happen. Even if he was found to be ineligible, the Supreme Court would never make a ruling that would overturn 4 plus years of laws/regulations.


476 posted on 03/09/2013 2:27:31 PM PST by HawkHogan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 432 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson