To: Mariebl
The status of your baby should be different, depending on whether you're 18 years old, or 40 years old?Yes, according to the law in effect at the time, at least. I suppose the congresscritters weren't thinking of that very unusual situation you brought up at the time they wrote and passed that legislation. But as I said, they provided for a relatively convenient naturalization procedure for such a baby. So for all purposes other than eligibility for President or VP, that baby, if naturalized as an infant, would enjoy all the benefits of American citizenship the rest of his life.
To: justiceseeker93
The status of your baby should be different, depending on whether you're 18 years old, or 40 years old?
Yes, according to the law in effect at the time, at least.
Right. I realize that that's what the law says. I said: should be trying to ask if the law was reasonable. Personally, I think it's asinine. I agree with you, that it wasn't something that Congress really intended, when they wrote the law.
So, that reminds me of my original question. To what extent is the Constitution to be controlled by unforseen side-effects of poorly-thought-out laws passed almost 150 years after it was written?
362 posted on
10/13/2008 2:54:38 PM PDT by
Mariebl
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