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To: Berlin_Freeper

The U.S. Constitution created equal rights for all citizens? That’s news to me. It would be news to the framers too. The Constitution made a clear distinction between citizens who are natural born and those who are not, and clearly they granted unequal rights to these two classes of citizens when it came down to who had the right to be President and who didn’t.

If they thought the terms ‘citizen’ and ‘natural born citizen’ were synonymous, then they wouldn’t have added the term ‘natural born’ into the eligibility clause. Common sense, and the writings of the time make it clear that the two terms had separate meaning.

Both classes of individuals are U.S. citizens and yet they don’t have an equal right under the Constitution to be President, so your false claim that the U.S. Constitution created equal rights for all citizens has no bearing on the debate.


206 posted on 01/11/2016 1:31:18 AM PST by mbrfl
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To: mbrfl

All natural born citizens as Ted Cruz is granted by his American mother. Of course you can’t drive without first getting a license, or practice law or a great many other requirements... such as be a certain age and time in country to be President. That goes without saying.

That doesn’t change John Tyler (1841-1845) was the First undisputed US born president.

If you want to continue your rant against the birthright of a fellow American go ahead. I’ll take my advice from noted expert on the matter Mark Levin.


208 posted on 01/11/2016 1:48:10 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: mbrfl
MARK LEVIN: Ted Cruz IS a natural born citizen…and eligible to be president
209 posted on 01/11/2016 1:53:47 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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