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To: Proud2BeRight
"trea·son (trēzən) Noun: 1.The crime of betraying one's country"

If he's not a citizen, then this isn't his country.

54 posted on 01/19/2012 9:52:26 PM PST by redhead (, , , comedian...)
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To: redhead
If he's not a citizen, then this isn't his country.

That's OK, the Constitutional definition of treason is different than the dictionary one.

The Constition says:

Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.

63 posted on 01/19/2012 11:39:55 PM PST by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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To: redhead
If he's not a citizen, then this isn't his country.

Indeed. A traitor is subject to a trial and upon conviction, a hanging.

Non-uniformed enemy combatants (spies and saboteurs) can be shot on sight.

Not that I'm advocating that, and indeed, it would be a VERY BAD THING to make him a martyr in the left's eyes.

It's just the legal reality.

Although I am as certain as I can be that he is not a Natural Born Citizen, I think he might actually be a citizen and therefore rates a fair and open trial.

72 posted on 01/20/2012 7:03:31 AM PST by null and void (Day 1095 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
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