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To: edge919

Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the United States Constitution is NOT the Law of Nations.

Children born of U.S. citizens overseas are considered ctizens BUT are not naturl born citizens.

NBC is only an eligibility requirement to be President - not a type of citizenship recognized by the U.S.government.


610 posted on 05/17/2012 4:08:18 PM PDT by SatinDoll (NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT)
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To: SatinDoll
Children born of U.S. citizens overseas are considered ctizens BUT are not naturl born citizens.

That is your opinion, not fact. We do know that John McCain ran for the Presidency. So was he ineligible because you said so?

Here is a different opinion:

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 nation’s territory and allegiance. Thus, regardless of the sovereign status of the Panama Canal Zone at the time of Senator McCain’s birth, he is a “natural born” citizen because he was born to parents who were U.S. citizens.

618 posted on 05/17/2012 4:13:48 PM PDT by kabar
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To: SatinDoll
I guess you missed my posting of that section of Vattel's "Law of Nations."

I would take it into account.

658 posted on 05/17/2012 5:11:34 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
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