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The case for getting rid of the requirement that the president must be a “natural born citizen”
The Washington Post ^ | 1/14/2016 | Ilya Somin

Posted on 01/17/2016 4:37:25 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel

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To: hoosiermama

I saw it, the dude is either heavily medicated, of his meds, or a troll.


201 posted on 01/17/2016 5:47:17 PM PST by Las Vegas Ron ("Medicine is the keystone in the arch of Socialism" Vladimir Lenin)
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To: editor-surveyor

Why??? These are examples of everyone who can run for POTUS thanks to Cruz. According to you, the Founding Fathers would want Prince Romanov to run for POTUS. Didn’t matter where he was born..just need an American mother.


202 posted on 01/17/2016 5:47:38 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Then you really are a clueless git. I think it needs to be changed if for no other reason than to clarify the standard - whatever that standard turns out to be, even if it turns out to be the rather squalid standard you’re pimping for - and I think it should be done in the manner the Constitution itself provides - through amendment.

You cannot pick and choose which parts of the Constitution you think should be observed. The Founders realized that the Constitution may need to be revised from time to time and they put in the amendment provisions for exactly that reason.

I believe the Founders were wise, and believe we should follow that wisdom and alter the Constitution to make it work better than it does.


203 posted on 01/17/2016 5:48:12 PM PST by Oceander
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To: House Atreides
I'm not supporting anyone named Muhammad.

Well the current resident is named Hussein. Somebody supported him.

204 posted on 01/17/2016 5:51:35 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: House Atreides

" And, by the way, the verbiage you INCORRECTLY attributed to me in your post was actually made by the person with userID 'WhiskeyX'. "

You are so right, please accept my apology for incorrectly attributing the post to you.

205 posted on 01/17/2016 5:53:02 PM PST by Souled_Out (Our hope is in the power of God working through the hearts of people.)
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To: onyx
Just to set the record straight, humblegunner has received suspensions, and while he regularly BUMPS our FReepathon threads, he is not a member of Jim's FReepathon Team.

I've been seeing the insults on this site from him as long as I've been on this site. And yet it continues. My explanation was the only one I could come up with that made sense.

BTW, I received freepmail from someone else who says they've also stopped contributing to the site for the same reason.

206 posted on 01/17/2016 5:53:38 PM PST by Wissa (Gone Galt)
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To: Oceander

Not necessarily. Just because someone is naturalised doesn’t mean they still aren’t tied to and loyal to the old country. I’ve seen this way too many times to believe otherwise.


207 posted on 01/17/2016 5:53:44 PM PST by Yashcheritsiy (What good is a constitution if you don't have a country to go with it?)
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To: Oceander
I believe the Founders were wise, and believe we should follow that wisdom and alter the Constitution to make it work better than it does.

Enter Barack Obama.

208 posted on 01/17/2016 5:54:00 PM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: Yashcheritsiy

The loyalty of the native born is just as much subject to doubt. If it were not, then the concept of treason would be pointless.


209 posted on 01/17/2016 5:54:43 PM PST by Oceander
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To: House Atreides

How about someone not named Muhammad but someone who is a direct descendant of The Great Prophet.

Queen Noor’s son IF no papers can be found that show she formally relinquished her citizenship before he was born.


210 posted on 01/17/2016 5:54:49 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: Oceander

That is an underhanded, bastardly, statement. My loyalty to the US is not questioned. Yours, however, is becoming more and more suspect.Don’t even try to go there!


211 posted on 01/17/2016 5:55:37 PM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Karl Spooner

What the eff are you talking about jacka##? The Founders wrote into the Constitution the amendment process. Is there something unconstitutional about wanting to utilize it?


212 posted on 01/17/2016 5:55:40 PM PST by Oceander
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To: bushpilot2
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213 posted on 01/17/2016 5:55:51 PM PST by bushpilot2
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To: Mollypitcher1

Yes, your loyalty is. I question it.


214 posted on 01/17/2016 5:56:07 PM PST by Oceander
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To: Oceander
I believe the Founders were wise, and believe we should follow that wisdom and alter the Constitution to make it work better than it does.

Oh, we here see that progressivism in your posts quite clearly, the moron socialist/communist at DU agree with you.

Me thinks they would welcome you with open arms.

215 posted on 01/17/2016 5:58:08 PM PST by Las Vegas Ron ("Medicine is the keystone in the arch of Socialism" Vladimir Lenin)
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To: P-Marlowe

yeah, and it would have the pope eligible!


216 posted on 01/17/2016 5:59:08 PM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Ahh, so only certain parts of the Constitution have to be followed according to you. According to you it is unconstitutional to wish to use the amendment process the Founders themselves wrote for the purposes the Founders intended it to be used. How liberal of you, to pick and choose just those little bits of the Constitution you think should be enforced.


217 posted on 01/17/2016 5:59:36 PM PST by Oceander
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To: Wissa; humblegunner; Jim Robinson

Discontinuing support for Free Republic while still participating truly SUX ... humblegunner or no humblegunner.

I know humblegunner in person and he is actually a very nice guy, and sort of shy ... LOL.

Thanks very much for telling me about that other FReeper!!
Much appreciated!

GO TRUMP, GO!!


218 posted on 01/17/2016 6:00:50 PM PST by onyx (HAVE YOU MADE YOUR DONATION to OUR FReep-a-Thon? PLEASE MAKE IT TODAY!)
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To: Oceander

Show us the amendment that cancelled out the natural born citizen clause to become president. Cruz is a natural born Canadian.


219 posted on 01/17/2016 6:00:57 PM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: Oceander

Perhaps, but the Founders knew that at some point, you have to draw a line. Immigrants naturally have a divided loyalty. For a native born citizen, such divided loyalties are unnatural and less likely to happen.


220 posted on 01/17/2016 6:01:20 PM PST by Yashcheritsiy (What good is a constitution if you don't have a country to go with it?)
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