Posted on 01/02/2024 6:27:51 PM PST by Macho MAGA Man
American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who served as managing editor of Reuters from 2011 to 2016, Paul Ingrassia, has reignited the fiery debate over what it means to be a “natural born citizen” under the U.S. Constitution—a debate with significant implications for potential presidential candidate Nikki Haley.
Published on American Greatness, Mr. Ingrassia, a Law Clerk, a two-time Claremont Fellow, and a member of President Trump’s National Economic Council, meticulously examined the constitutional provision that has been at the heart of eligibility controversies involving political figures from John McCain to Kamala Harris.
At the core of his argument is Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution, which Ingrassia insists unambiguously mandates that only “natural born citizens” of the United States are eligible to assume the presidency.
Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 states, “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 President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.”
The distinction between “natural born citizen” and “birthright citizenship” is central to Ingrassia’s analysis. The former term, he reminds us, is expressly reserved for those born on American soil to U.S. citizen parents, a requirement not emulated for other federal offices. This stringent criterion traces back to the Founding Fathers’ fears of foreign influence at the highest level of government.
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The natural-born citizen issue died on Inauguration Day, 2009.
(The natural-born citizen issue died on Inauguration Day, 2009)
Article 2 Section 1 Clause 5 can be revived with a fight.
“Article 2 Section 1 Clause 5 can be revived with a fight.”
“That’ll happen, yea right” rhymes with that.
That’s how I always understood it. Your parents have to be citizens and you must be born here. Kenyan birth certificates are often mistaken for US, but if you have one from Hawaii, you are in like Flynn.
“natural born” = not born by C-Section.
“Nikki and Vivek are not natural born Citizens.”
One little, two little Indians. They need to drop out. Nimrata should find a nice little city library to work in. Vivek could be valuable as a Trump appointee in a position not in the line of succession for POTUS.
Nimarata and Vivek ain’t NBC.
But guess who is, and the child of Immigrant Parents who became citizens before he was born?
Yep. Our very own PDJT, The GOAT.
Natural Born means there is no question.
Born of 2 Non-Citizen parents, there can always be questions.
Yep.
Already had one illegal president ignoring this law.
That is quite true, but it seems the nation is short of capable fighters in this regard.
We had the opportunity to use common sense (it is not even a close issue for thinking people) regarding Obama's candidacy and no R politician, or very damn few stuck their heads up.
My R senator at the time told me via his local staff, "If he says he was born in Hawaii, that's good enough for me."
“The former term, he reminds us, is expressly reserved for those born on American soil to U.S. citizen parents...”
HOGWASH! That definition came from Vattel, but Vattel did NOT address “Natural Born Citizens” but instead used “indigenes” - indigenous people.
It wasn’t until AFTER the US Constitution was written that an American translation decided to translate “indigene” - an English word as well as French - with “NBC”. So that definition was NOT what the Founders had in mind!
Nikki’s not eligible? Works for me.
The reason is simple. There is no case to bring. Under current US law, Haley and Ramaswamy are NBCs.
All the historical arguments and cherry picking from past and current law do not change the whole of US law.
Two, including Chester Arthur. But both Arthur and Obama had one parent who was a natural born citizen. Obama’s birthplace is questionable, however, and some believe that Arthur was born in Canada and not Vermont.
(Under current US law, Haley and Ramaswamy are NBCs.)
What current case law? Be specific!
Along with every other Dem in office at the time. That should (and does) tell us quite a bit about Dems.
Just as a side note, certain of Obama's actions while he was in office were much of what the Founders were concerned about when they added that element without comment to the language of the Constitution. Of course, in those days it was England they were worried about.
Are you an American citizen? Then yes. You are qualified to be the president.
Even Schwarzenegger if he was popular enough.
Prove me wrong.
Exactly right.
No foreign spice please.
Plain vanilla U.S. Americans only for POTUS.
(Standard disclaimers made to account for Mexico being the world’s largest source of vanilla spice.)
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Good pickup WT.
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