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To: Genoa
Common sense defines it. He was born on United States soil (let’s assume) the son of a father who was at all times a UK/Kenyan citizen.

Which, according to the 14th Amendment, made him a citizen of the United States from the moment of birth. Since the Constitution only identifies two forms of citizenship, and since Obama wasn't naturalized, then that narrows his status down to natural-born.

76 posted on 01/11/2010 12:41:49 PM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur

It strikes me as strange to insist in this case on an explicit definition in the Constitution itself, given the fact that the Constitution routinely uses a lot of other terms without defining them; and so, quite a few interpretations in many other cases (not just regarding natural-born citizenship) have been based on discerning the intent of the framers and determining their likely use of language as understood at the time. Why is that not allowed now?


78 posted on 01/11/2010 12:51:48 PM PST by Genoa (Luke 12:2)
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To: Non-Sequitur

So then who were the natural born citizens before the 14th Amendment????????????


79 posted on 01/11/2010 1:00:29 PM PST by Uncle Chip (TRUTH : Ignore it. Deride it. Allegorize it. Interpret it. But you can't ESCAPE it.)
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To: Non-Sequitur
So, if the King of England can impregnate any woman, who then delivers in the USA, that child can become President.

The King can then educate him and groom him, like a rock star for the presidency, supply him with all the funds to run for the presidency. When he is elected, he can pull all the strings of our government.

This is the problem that was addressed in our Constitution, and was never amended to allow. Obama is the son of a foreign politician, and he continues to piss on our constitution.

149 posted on 01/12/2010 8:37:22 AM PST by PA-RIVER
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