RE: Well, he is - born on U.S. soil to legal immigrant parents. I’m sure you already knew that...where do people ge that he wasn’t? Do they just say that without looking it up?
Many people in FR argue that the original intent of the framers regarding the “natural born” clause means BOTH PARENTS MUST BE CITIZENS OF THE USA AT THE TIME OF THE PERSON’s BIRTH.
Jindal’s parents were not American Citizens at the time of his birth ( they are now of course ).
So, those who insist that we must follow the original intent of the constitution make a distinction between NATURAL BORN ( born from American Parents ) and NATIVE BORN ( born in the USA with one or both parents who are not American ).
Hence, by this argument, Obama should have been disqualified. Jindal too of course I( because he is simply NATIVE born, not NATURAL born ).
Feel free to argue against this distinction if you believe it isn’t right. I’d like to hear anyone else’s interpretation of the “natural born” clause.
I see no distinction between the word “native” and the term “natural born.” It was well understood at the time of the adoption of the constitution that “natural born” had to do with place of birth, not blood line or lineage. That term came from the English common law, which held that those who were immigrants but whose children were born in the realm were considered natural born subjects of the Crown. There is nothing to support the “original intent” of the Founders was anything other than the understood meaning of the term “natural born” at the time they wrote it as defined under English common law. This new “original intent” argument appears to be something wholly made up to attack Jindal grossly unfairly, and clearly has no basis in the plain text of the U.S. Constitution. Those who promote it show their hypocrisy - they believe in a “living constitution” they can change and manipulate to fit their own purposes at any given time.
I’m with you on this one. I don’t know why Jindal’s name is still being tossed about as if he’s Constitutionally eligible for the office of President. He’s not eligible. End of story.
That is exactly right. Obongo is a usurper and has no right to be in the Wh. I’m not even sure he was born here since so much of the evidence points to the fact that he was possibly born elsewhere.