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To: Mr Rogers

Nice deflection.

Yoda notwithstanding, “citizen” does not equal “natural born citizen”...

Any attempt to conflate the two terms is an inadmissible argument before the Court.


445 posted on 10/15/2010 8:29:21 AM PDT by NOVACPA
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To: NOVACPA

I didn’t say citizen = NBC. I did say, and the courts have used the same terms, that born citizen, native citizen and NBC are interchangeable.

The Supreme Court has already spent pages discussing the meaning of NBC. They made it clear - and they have a strong argument - that the Founders were thinking of the common law phrase ‘natural born subject’, and substituted citizen for subject since we no longer have a king.

If the Supreme Court is right - and by definition, they are in interpreting legal phrases in America - then a Natural Born Citizen can have two alien parents, provided the parents are here “in amity”.

However, there are two classes of citizens - those born, and those made. The latter, naturalized citizens, cannot be President.


448 posted on 10/15/2010 8:35:35 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (When the ass brays, don't reply...)
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