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To: bigbob

None of Trump’s children are natural born citizens except Tiffany, as neither Ivana nor Melania were citizens when their children were born.


382 posted on 07/03/2020 11:18:42 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: little jeremiah

Tiffany the only one natural born? Just our luck.


389 posted on 07/03/2020 11:46:33 PM PDT by Defiant (I hope the Russians trick me into voting for Trump again in 2020.)
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To: little jeremiah

Are you sure about that?


431 posted on 07/04/2020 5:47:09 AM PDT by TrueFact (It's always darkest right before the dawn.)
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To: little jeremiah
Don't think you're correct about this.

Here's what Harvard law has to say about this:

https://harvardlawreview.org/2015/03/on-the-meaning-of-natural-born-citizen/

"While some constitutional issues are truly difficult, with framing-era sources either nonexistent or contradictory, here (for eligibilty to become President per the article attached above), the relevant materials clearly indicate that a “natural born Citizen” means a citizen from birth with no need to go through naturalization proceedings. The Supreme Court has long recognized that two particularly useful sources in understanding constitutional terms are British common law3× and enactments of the First Congress.4× Both confirm that the original meaning of the phrase “natural born Citizen” includes persons born abroad who are citizens from birth based on the citizenship of a parent."

Only one parent is required to be a citizen to be eligible, not both. That's how I remember it from history class in school too.

Not looking for another slide on this topic from the last time either.

Happy 4th of July

455 posted on 07/04/2020 7:03:55 AM PDT by thingumbob (Antifa. Carrying on Hitler's legacy one beating at a time.)
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