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To: DiogenesLamp
Military bases in foreign countries are not considered american soil.

Thomas v. Lynch - 5th Circuit - August 7, 2015 - 14-60297

121 posted on 03/09/2021 4:09:13 PM PST by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt
Military bases in foreign countries are not considered american soil.

Our understanding of the meaning of "natural born citizen" derives from only two possible sources.

It either emerges from English Common Law, (Jus Soli) or it descends from Emmerich Vattel's "Law of Nations." (Jus Sanguinus)

In English Law, a statute was enacted granting Subject status to the children of English fathers born abroad.

Vattel's "Droit des Gens" explicitly states that the children of soldiers are always citizens regardless of where they are born.

So whether we go with English Law, or Vattel, the result is the same. Children born to soldiers in foreign lands are always subjects or citizens, as the case may be.

Thomas v. Lynch - 5th Circuit - August 7, 2015 - 14-60297

And I have very little faith in Supreme court decisions ever being correct, and the closer they are to the present time, the greater likelihood that they are in error.

141 posted on 03/09/2021 4:35:44 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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