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To: Notary Sojac; 3D-JOY
"NATURAL BORN CITIZEN

Eighty percent of Americans actually don't give a damn about this nuance.

Fifteen percent (including me) would give a damn if the term had any established meaning in statute or case law (eighteenth century essays don't count, sorry!)

Then there is the other five percent.

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Office Citizenship Age Residency (or years citizen)
Commander in Chief natural born Citizen 35 14 years resident
Senator Citizen 30 9 years a Citizen
Represantative Citizen 25 7 years a Citizen

Either ALL of the Constitution matters, including AII,S1,C5, or it's all open to "interpretation" by whomever happens to be in power at the moment.

The framers never considered multi-nationals to be "natural born Citizens" and thus (post grandfather clause) eligible to the be Commander in Chief of the armed forces.

115 posted on 05/12/2011 3:29:30 PM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: rxsid

That chart should help to convince folks that there is a difference! But, It won’t. Minds are blocked in place now!


125 posted on 05/12/2011 5:10:04 PM PDT by 3D-JOY
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