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To: DiogenesLamp
I certainly missed the part where it said "natural born citizen." That is not in the 14th amendment at all.

It's right there, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States..." Those not naturalized are natural-born since those are the only two types of citizenship identified by the Constitution.

Not even the Union officers would have bought into the idea of slaves being natural citizens when they were born, from a law that didn't happen until years after their birth.

I wasn't aware that it was their call.

167 posted on 03/09/2021 6:10:02 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg
It's right there, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States..."

Blimey, me eyes must be going out, I still don't see the words "natural born citizen" in there anywhere.

Those not naturalized are natural-born since those are the only two types of citizenship identified by the Constitution.

This is true, but those who gain their citizenship by the 14th amendment are "naturalized", and therefore are not "natural born citizens."

The 14th amendment gives citizenship to people who would not have it naturally.

I wasn't aware that it was their call.

Certainly the 14th amendment would not have passed without their guns pointing at people.

172 posted on 03/09/2021 6:31:40 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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