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To: wrhssaxensemble

That still doesn’t change the fact that the constitution requires Natural Born Citizenship (not Native Born)

Yes. And I’ll repeat that your definition of these two terms are 100 percent bas-ackward. You really do need to get your facts straight.


59 posted on 10/20/2011 7:35:57 AM PDT by battletank
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To: battletank

No, my definitions really aren’t. But in the off chance I am wrong, please provide me proof of it instead of merely saying so. Here’s my proof for what I am claiming:

In the absence of clear language in the constitutional text itself or any mention in historical texts contemporaneous with the drafting of the document (e.g. Madison’s notes on the Convention) you refer to commonly held definitional sources like Black’s Law Dictionary which typically adopt the common law definition:

Natural born citizen- Black’s Law Dictionary defines it as “Persons who are born within the jurisdiction of a national government”

Native born citizen- Black’s Law Dictionay defines it as “Born within the territorial jurisdiction of a country; Born of parents who convey rights of citizenship to their offspring, regardless of the place of birth.”

Seems quite clear to me that Natural requires only birth within the jurisdiction (US birth) while Native born requires birth to US citizens


64 posted on 10/20/2011 7:49:40 AM PDT by wrhssaxensemble (We need an electable conservative in 2012!)
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