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To: bobjam

I, like Ginsburg’s grandson was born overseas to U.S. citizen parents and am a natural born citizen as I did not have to go through a naturalization process.


167 posted on 10/01/2009 1:40:46 AM PDT by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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To: trumandogz
...as I did not have to go through a naturalization process.

You have a limited, unimaginative and incorrect view of what naturalization means. You are limiting it in your mind to adult naturalization where there is a formal process of swearing allegiance, getting a naturalization certificate, etc.

However, the true meaning of a "naturalized" citizen is any citizen who obtains his or her citizenship through the action or by means of a statute enacted by Congress under the power granted to it by the "naturalization clause" of the Constitution.

Your citizenship is of this type. It is a form of naturalized citizenship, despite that it is granted at birth and no oath of allegiance is required. It is not a form of Natural Born Citizenship, despite what you may think or wish. If it were not for the action of the statute law, enacted by Congress granting citizenship to individuals in your circumstances, they, and you, would not be citizens of the United States at all.

168 posted on 10/01/2009 2:21:11 PM PDT by John Valentine
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