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To: xzins
It is not one of the documents/agreements listed by the Constitution as the Supreme Law of the land.

As it is specifically responsible for CREATING THE NATION, I would suggest that any other document must be derived from the authority it embodies. It created an officially Separate government On July 4, 1776. If the Declaration of Independence wasn't our original governing charter, what was?

The Articles of Confederation were not ratified until 1781, which was five years later. What served as our governing document up to that point?

208 posted on 06/16/2014 7:58:13 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
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To: DiogenesLamp

You can argue anything you want, but it’s still not listed in the Constitution as part of the supreme law of the land.

And it’s not fair for us to assume that Congresses over the years haven’t studied the subject using all the information that’s available.

They have been remarkably similar in where they came down: children born overseas to US citizens are themselves citizens at birth.

Some groups are upset because Congress disagrees with their own personal opinion. They’re allowed to be upset, I suppose, but the Constitution still gives the authority to decide these things to Congress and not to disgruntled groups.


209 posted on 06/16/2014 8:21:44 PM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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