IOW, Nero selects and chooses cafeteria style from obsolete Acts of Law and attempts to apply them selectively to legitimize a particular candidate.
The Act of 1790 was repealed by the Naturalization Act of 1795, which extended the residence requirement to five years, and by the Naturalization Act of 1798, which extended it to 14 years. The 1798 act was repealed by the Naturalization Law of 1802.
Never mind then.
Good day.
I’m posting the arguments that have been used by Senator Cruz’s attorneys in actual eligibility lawsuits and thus far and they have prevailed every time.
Original intent is determined by what came first. Judges who are originalists pay attention to those acts and rulings. The Naturalization Act of 1790 was superceded by the Naturalization Act of 1795. The Naturalization Act of 1795 was superceded by the Naturalization Act of 1798, and then came The Naturalization Act of 1802.
But the ORIGINAL thinking of the Founders and Framers is embodied in the original act.