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To: odawg

The Constitution did provide an EXACT definition indeed in 1790 the first congress stated that a person born overseas to American parents was a natural born citizen.


92 posted on 01/24/2016 6:33:28 AM PST by Leto
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To: Leto
-- indeed in 1790 the first congress stated that a person born overseas to American parents was a natural born citizen. --

No. It said the law was going to pretend that person was an NBC, even though they weren't even a citizen under the constitution.

The phrase "shall be considered as" creates a legal fiction. A pretend.

Just like you pretend to know the law.

104 posted on 01/24/2016 6:53:08 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: Leto

“The Constitution did provide an EXACT definition indeed in 1790 the first congress stated that a person born overseas to American parents was a natural born citizen.”

And it specified that citizenship descended from the father.


105 posted on 01/24/2016 6:53:10 AM PST by odawg
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