So what?
That was straight forward and honest, unlike much of your stuff.
BS Con. You are full if it.
“Jus soli” citizenship is based on the land of birth and “jus sanguinis” is citizenship based on parentage. In the Supreme Court of the United States’ oral arguments on “Tuan Anh Nguyen v. INS” (No. 99-2071), Justice Scalia made it clear that his view is that natural born citizenship, the requirement to be president, is based on jus soli (birth in the United States).
Justice Scalia: I mean, isnt it clear that the natural born requirement in the Constitution was intended explicitly to exclude some Englishmen who had come here and spent some time here and then went back and raised their families in England?
They did not want that.
They wanted natural born Americans.
[Ms.]. Davis: Yes, by the same token
Justice Scalia: That is jus soli, isnt it?
[Ms.] Davis: By the same token, one could say that the provision would apply now to ensure that Congress cant apply suspect classifications to keep certain individuals from aspiring to those offices.
Justice Scalia: Well, maybe.
Im just referring to the meaning of natural born within the Constitution.
I dont think youre disagreeing.
It requires jus soli, doesnt it?
Heres a link to the full transcript of the oral arguments before the Supreme Court with Justice Scalias comment in full context:
http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2000/2000_99_2071/argument