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To: Just mythoughts

“You are out to liberalville. There is NO authority given to Congress or any court to give or take ‘natural born’ US citizenship. NONE:”

Yes there is.

Whenever a term is not defined, it is a delegation to Congress to define the term.

Same thing happens when Congress writes statutes. It is clearly the power of the executive branch agency to define unclear terms or clear up uncertainty in the statute.

Because the Constitution does not define the term “natural born citizen” it is the Congress’ power AND DUTY to define the term.

Congress has done so since 1790.

Congress has the power to define who is a natural born citizen.

You cannot accept the fact that natural born citizen is NOT defined in the Constitution.


573 posted on 04/11/2016 11:06:30 AM PDT by Moseley (http://www.MoseleyComments.com)
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To: Moseley
Yes there is. Whenever a term is not defined, it is a delegation to Congress to define the term. Same thing happens when Congress writes statutes. It is clearly the power of the executive branch agency to define unclear terms or clear up uncertainty in the statute. Because the Constitution does not define the term “natural born citizen” it is the Congress’ power AND DUTY to define the term. Congress has done so since 1790. Congress has the power to define who is a natural born citizen. You cannot accept the fact that natural born citizen is NOT defined in the Constitution.

The Framers knew darn well what 'natural born' meant... and so do I. What you are ignoring is the history of how the Framers came up with the requirement of 'natural born'. They used it specifically as required qualification to hold the office of president. They NEVER allow any authority to redefine its original meaning.

Trump is the one who forced the Obama crew to produce a born in the USA birth certificate for Obama... Nobody is ever going to produce a born in the USA birth certificate for Ted Cruz.

Ah what you are attempting to do is to 're-define' the meaning of 'natural born'.

580 posted on 04/11/2016 11:15:33 AM PDT by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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