To: faucetman
The Constitution does not define the meaning of natural born Citizen. The U.S. Supreme Court gives meaning to terms that are not expressly defined in the Constitution by looking to the context in which those terms are used; to statutes enacted by the First Congress, Marsh v. Chambers, 463 U.S. 783, 790-91 (1983); and to the common law at the time of the Founding. United Suites v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649, 655 (1898). These sources all confirm that the phrase natural born includes both birth abroad to parents who were citizens, and birth within a nations territory and allegiance. Thus, regardless of the sovereign status of the Panama Canal Zone at the time of Senator McCains birth, he is a natural born citizen because he was born to parents who were U.S. citizens. This is what it says using the opinion of Lawrence Tribe and Ted Olson.
196 posted on
04/30/2011 11:40:18 PM PDT by
kabar
To: kabar
So what? Who died and left them boss?
205 posted on
04/30/2011 11:49:01 PM PDT by
faucetman
(Just the facts ma'am, just the facts)
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