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To: RummyChick
YOu are talking about Strict Constructionism and I am not sure that is the way the courts would rule.

You're not doing your research. Read my post again. The courts HAVE ALREADY RULED.

As I said, a matter for the courts.

Which they HAVE ALREADY DECIDED. I can't help it if you won't read or research the cases cited.

Your problem is you cannot accept already settled case history. Why I don't know.

For those who cannot accept these rulings you have 3 options: 1) reverse the previous court decisions, 2) get an amendment to the constitution re-defining 'natural born', 3) or simply ignore the constitution and previous court rulings. Unfortunately #3 appears to be the way most Americans want to go.

But bear in mind even when conservatives start to throw out the constitution because you don't like the 'strict constructionism' our founders set up, then anything else may be re-written, re-defined, thrown out if you will, and then you are no better than Obama and his cronies.

48 posted on 07/23/2009 8:20:35 AM PDT by conservativegramma
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To: conservativegramma
My opinion is that you are wrong as to it being settled law.

You forgot U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark

But For example, Let me just take one you quoted:

Minor VS Happerett


Chief Justice Waite: “The Constitution does not, in words, say who shall be natural-born citizens. Resort must be had elsewhere to ascertain that. At common-law, with the nomenclature of which the framers of the Constitution were familiar, it was never doubted that all children born in a country of parents who were its citizens became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also. These were natives, or natural-born citizens, as distinguished from aliens or foreigners. Some authorities go further and include as citizens children born within the jurisdiction without reference to the citizenship of their [p168] parents. As to this class there have been doubts, but never as to the first. For the purposes of this case it is not necessary to solve these doubts. It is sufficient for everything we have now to consider that all children born of citizen parents within the jurisdiction are themselves citizens.
49 posted on 07/23/2009 8:38:35 AM PDT by RummyChick
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