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To: Fantasywriter
If you were a Founder, would you or would you not want to codify the right of foreign, non-citizen enemies of the Republic to father future presidents?

I'm not a Founder, and it's now almost 250 years later, so it's hard to answer. I do think the Founders tended to emphasize the person, not the parents. I remind you of James Madison:

"It is an established maxim that birth is a criterion of allegiance. Birth however derives its force sometimes from place and sometimes from parentage, but in general place is the most certain criterion; it is what applies in the United States; it will therefore be unnecessary to investigate any other.

171 posted on 08/30/2011 4:04:30 PM PDT by sometime lurker
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To: sometime lurker

I’m asking what YOU would do as a Founder. Would you write POTUS requirements that specifically included or excluded non-citizen enemies of the USA as fathers of future presidents?


174 posted on 08/30/2011 4:14:24 PM PDT by Fantasywriter
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