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To: wolfman23601

incorrect.

another situation the founders wanted to avoid was a foreign king becoming president. if being a citizen was enough, like BJindahl, MRubio and BH0bama, then william and kate could have a kid in NYC and that kid would be eligible to be king of england as well as POTUS.

this is clearly against the founders intent... and why they used the term, natural born citizen.

BOTH parents AND born on the soil is required... as a child born this way could only be a US citizen.

remember:
a natural born citizen is a citizen naturally... AS THERE ARE NO ALTERNATIVES


36 posted on 02/05/2015 8:53:11 AM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: sten

would you like to bet your net worth that in the end, you are going to LOSE this argument?

I’d love to take that bet....


46 posted on 02/05/2015 9:08:19 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright (www.FireKarlRove.com NOW)
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To: sten
"another situation the founders wanted to avoid was a foreign king becoming president. if being a citizen was enough, like BJindahl, MRubio and BH0bama, then william and kate could have a kid in NYC and that kid would be eligible to be king of england as well as POTUS."

Incorrect. The founders wanted to bar an immigrant from becoming president. Nobody says only being a citizen is enough. An immigrant can be a citizen. Hence they chose "natural born citizen", which is simply someone born into citizenship, not someone who has been naturalized.

"BOTH parents AND born on the soil is required... as a child born this way could only be a US citizen."

False. A child born in the US is automatically a citizen. Parentage is irrelevant.

"remember: a natural born citizen is a citizen naturally... AS THERE ARE NO ALTERNATIVES"

Why should anyone "remember" something that is made up?

51 posted on 02/05/2015 9:12:04 AM PST by mlo
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