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To: Petrosius

Natural law is now another inconclusive theory in philosophy. It is no longer legal theory.


15 posted on 02/19/2016 5:06:14 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: jjotto
Natural law is now another inconclusive theory in philosophy. It is no longer legal theory.

That may well be but it was the operating theory at the time of the writing of the Constitution. The meaning of the term "natural born citizen" must be understood by the legal meanings at the time of its drafting, not by modern political theories. This was the whole point of the late Justice Scalia's insistence of originalism when interpreting the Constitution.

27 posted on 02/19/2016 5:18:57 AM PST by Petrosius
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