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Natural Born Citizenship: Free and Clear
Natural Born Conservative ^ | January 10, 2016 | Larry Walker II

Posted on 01/11/2016 4:27:13 PM PST by NaturalBornConservative

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To: Dagnabitt
I remember when the courts removed John McCain from the ballot in 2008 because he was born outside the states.

Never happened. You need memory check-up.

61 posted on 01/11/2016 5:47:09 PM PST by John Valentine (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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To: taxcontrol

“Article 1 Section 8 of the US Constitution enumerates the exclusive power to Congress to define the rules of naturalization. That includes who is and who is not born as a citizen.”

Natural Born Citizenship does not depend on ANY legislative act that has ever occurred!

There is a very instructive Supreme Court case, Rogers v. Bellei 401 U.S. 815 (1971), while not focused on the specifics of Ted Cruz’s citizenship origins, contains a very good discussion on the specifics of citizenship via statute. Here is one particular quote of note:

“Any child hereafter born out of the limits and jurisdiction of the United States, whose father or mother or both at the time of the birth of such child is a citizen of the United States, is declared to be a citizen of the United States; but the rights of citizenship shall not descend to any such child unless the citizen father or citizen mother, as the case may be, has resided in the United States previous to the birth of such child. In cases where one of the parents is an alien, the right of citizenship shall not descend unless the child comes to the United States and resides therein for at least five years continuously immediately previous to his eighteenth birthday, and unless, within six months after the child’s twenty-first birthday, he or she shall take an oath of allegiance to the United States of America as prescribed by the Bureau of Naturalization.”

I assume that Mr. Cruz and his parents have meet all of the obligations described above, hence that is why his US citizenship is not in question. But in reviewing the above, and the rest of Rogers v. Bellei, you can see the clear distinctions (and inherent legislatively imposed constraints) that have been drawn (in other SC cases as well) between citizenship by statute, and natural born citizenship.

I will use myself as an example. I was born in the United States to two citizen parents. My citizenship is granted (by nature) owing to the place of my birth (jus soli), and the undivided loyalties of my citizen parents (jus sanguinis), under the sole governance of the United States Constitution. That is, my citizenship does not depend on the existence of any statutory actions taken by the US Congress (nor can it ever be constrained by such); hence I am a natural born citizen.


62 posted on 01/11/2016 5:47:15 PM PST by Bigun ("The most fearsome words in the English language are I'm from the government and I'm here to help!")
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To: PJBankard
Short answer. Plural does not mean two, plural means one or more. Long answer In this context "citizens" can mean:

1) all, as in:
the children of all citizens of the United States

2) both parents, as in:
the children of both parent citizens of the United States

3) at least one parent, as in:
the children of a US citizen (all that qualify) of the United States

Of these, #1 and #3 are the least restrictive. #2 is the most restrictive. Under the 14th Amendment equal protection clause, strict scrutiny must be applied to restrict the rights of any person. Strict scrutiny means that a challenged statute must be "narrowly tailored" to serve a "compelling" government interest, and must not have a "less restrictive" alternative. The less restrictive alternative is that it applies to children who have one US parent.

63 posted on 01/11/2016 5:47:24 PM PST by taxcontrol ( The GOPe treats the conservative base like slaves by taking their votes and refuses to pay)
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To: taxcontrol

“current law which is expressed in title 8 section 1401”

Here’s that section:

“(d) a person born outside of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is a citizen of the United States who has been physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for a continuous period of one year prior to the birth of such person, and the other of whom is a national, but not a citizen of the United States;”

If this is the definitive clause then it looks like Cruz is a citizen.


64 posted on 01/11/2016 5:48:41 PM PST by cymbeline
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To: cymbeline

Not to argue but it would actually be subsection G. The Cruzes moved to Canada in 1967 and Sen Cruz was born in 1970.


65 posted on 01/11/2016 5:50:31 PM PST by taxcontrol ( The GOPe treats the conservative base like slaves by taking their votes and refuses to pay)
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To: taxcontrol

That code section refers to “citizenship”. Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5 of the Constitution refers to the term a “Natural Born Citizen”. They are not the same, because Article 1, Sections 2 and 3 refer to the qualifications for representatives and senators; one of which is to have been a “citizen of the United States” for the past seven or nine years, respectively.


66 posted on 01/11/2016 5:51:02 PM PST by NaturalBornConservative ("Something that everyone knows isn't worth knowing" ~ Bernard Baruch)
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To: taxcontrol; All
”The 14th amendment was not passed until 1868. Until then, there was not a single restriction on Congress's ability to define citizenship any way it wanted to [emphasis added].”
”. . . I deny that the Congress of the United States ever had the power [emphasis added] or color of power to say that any man born within the jurisdiction of the United States, and not owing a foreign allegiance, is not and shall not be a citizen of the United States.” - John A. Bingham, (R-Ohio) US Congressman, Architect of Section 1 of the 14th Amendment, March 9, 1866. Cong. Globe, 39th, 1st Sess., 1291 (1866), Sec. 1992 of U.S. Revised Statutes (1866), Cf. U.S. Const. XIVth Amend. (See top half of 2nd column)

67 posted on 01/11/2016 5:51:45 PM PST by Amendment10
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To: Dagnabitt

McCain was born under US juridiction. So they say.

Dems wanted a feeble minded idiot to run against.


68 posted on 01/11/2016 5:51:56 PM PST by PA-RIVER
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To: Bigun

Suppose for some administrative snafu, you have to sue the US government to force them to recognize your NBC status. What law are you going to site that specifically says you are a citizen at birth?

You would site Title 8 section 1401 subsection A.

That law is the law that says your are a natural born citizen.


69 posted on 01/11/2016 5:54:01 PM PST by taxcontrol ( The GOPe treats the conservative base like slaves by taking their votes and refuses to pay)
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To: DiogenesLamp

” The Children of Naturalized Aliens also do not have to go through a “process.” The lack of a “process” does not make them any less naturalized than their parents.

The concept in law is called “Derivative citizenship.” The citizenship of the children becomes derived from the Naturalized Parent. “

Okay, so then in my case, did my daughter, having been born abroad, “derive” her citizenship from me (a U.S. citizen at birth) or is she a naturalized citizen?


70 posted on 01/11/2016 5:55:31 PM PST by lquist1
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To: NaturalBornConservative; All
"You might not like the result of the above graphic, but that's simply the way it is."

Who are you saying is Obamas father? Although I have an idea who his father was, that is still one of the unresolved mysteries of the Obama Administration imo.

71 posted on 01/11/2016 5:57:03 PM PST by Amendment10
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To: John Valentine

I’m sorry, I cited wrong case seee this, from earlier thread today:

The basic principle is stated in United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649, 702-3 (1898):
The Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution . . . contemplates two sources of citizenship, and two only: birth and naturalization. . . . Every person born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, becomes at once a citizen of the United States, and needs no naturalization. A person born out of the jurisdiction of the United States can only become a citizen by being naturalized, either by treaty, as in the case of the annexation of foreign territory, or by authority of Congress, exercised either by declaring certain classes of persons to be citizens, as in the enactments conferring citizenship upon foreign-born children of citizens, or by enabling foreigners individually to become citizens by proceedings in the judicial tribunals, as in the ordinary provisions of the naturalization acts.


72 posted on 01/11/2016 5:58:20 PM PST by PA-RIVER
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To: John Valentine

Sorry, but you are wrong. The process of naturalization requires one to renounce their former citizenship and swear allegiance to the United States. Trump’s mother was thus a full-fledged American Citizen at the time of his birth.


73 posted on 01/11/2016 5:59:03 PM PST by NaturalBornConservative ("Something that everyone knows isn't worth knowing" ~ Bernard Baruch)
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To: DiogenesLamp
Jus Soli is silly.

I tend to agree.

Let me give you my example and this is not a hypothetical.

Indonesia does not recognize Jus Soli citizenship. Children born of foreigners in Indonesia are not considered Citizens of Indonesia.

So, if a mother and father both American citizens have a child born to them in Indonesia, does that child have a natural connection and allegiance to Indonesia serving to make the child a Natural Born Citizen of Indonesia despite their refusal to consider the child one of their own, or is the child's natural allegiance to the nationality of the parents, making the child a Natural Born Citizen of their country? Or is the child born stateless, with no right or residence, protection and nurture from any society or nation, and without the right to obtain documentation and passport from anywhere by natural right?

Does the country of the parents' birth have the sovereign right to extend its protection and nurture to the children of its citizens as Natural Born Citizens if that is the wish of the polity?

Let's end it here for now and see where the discussion goes.

74 posted on 01/11/2016 5:59:36 PM PST by John Valentine (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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To: Amendment10

The one on his birth certificate.


75 posted on 01/11/2016 6:00:04 PM PST by NaturalBornConservative ("Something that everyone knows isn't worth knowing" ~ Bernard Baruch)
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To: NaturalBornConservative; All
"The one on his birth certificate."

Ooookay

76 posted on 01/11/2016 6:04:59 PM PST by Amendment10
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To: NaturalBornConservative
There really was no need to define a "natural born citizen" when they wrote the Constitution because its meaning is self evident.

When the first American citizens gave birth to the first babies born here in this newly created United States of America, there was no need to define their citizenship, because what else would those children be but citizens of this country?

They were born here to the first citizens created when the country was formed. By law and nature they are obviously citizens of this country and no other.

No law or lawyers needed to explain it or define it. It's obvious. What else could those first born citizen be but Americans?

That is the test that defines the pure essence of the obvious: "what else can they be at birth but citizens of the country of their birth?" There are no other options, just the one by nature, thus "natural born citizen".

But what of the rest who weren't born here to citizens? How do we legally define the citizenship of those who are not natural born citizens? What are their privileges? Restrictions?

The Naturalization Act of 1790, followed soon after with wording and meaning corrected in the Act of 1795, were needed to legally define the citizenship of those not naturally born, as well as potential citizens seeking their American baptism in the melting pot.

A great "check your work" question here is, if Ted is a natural born citizen of the US, then which state is he a natural born citizen of?

Hmmm...Delaware? Texas? How, by nature, would that possible?

A Natural Born American Citizen has an answer for that question and it's obvious and verifiable to anyone who has seen that person's genuine B.C.

77 posted on 01/11/2016 6:05:30 PM PST by GBA (Here in the matrix, life is but a dream.)
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To: lquist1

The term natural born citizen is only mentioned in the qualifications to be President and Vice-President. It doesn’t apply to Congress, Judges, Governors nor anyone else. My wife used to be a Mexican citizen. She renounced her former citizenship when she was naturalized. I witnessed the ceremony and explained all of this too her in advance.

The U.S. Code is the law, not the Constitution. Your daughter would only be a natural born citizen if your wife was naturalized prior to her birth. Your wife cannot be a dual citizen if she was naturalized, because she would have renounced her former citizenship.


78 posted on 01/11/2016 6:07:24 PM PST by NaturalBornConservative ("Something that everyone knows isn't worth knowing" ~ Bernard Baruch)
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To: taxcontrol

So the Founding Fathers, whom didn’t want the Presidency manipulated by foreigners in any way, were smart enough to understand the measures of tyranny and manipulations of government, but weren’t smart enough to properly define the restrictions of the office of the President so it wouldn’t be misinterpreted. I find that really hard to believe.


79 posted on 01/11/2016 6:07:44 PM PST by PJBankard (It is the spirit of the men who leads that gains the victory. - Gen. George Patton)
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To: taxcontrol

No! I would not cite any law. I would simply produce my birth certificate and perhaps those of my parents and rest my case!


80 posted on 01/11/2016 6:11:08 PM PST by Bigun ("The most fearsome words in the English language are I'm from the government and I'm here to help!")
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