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To: Paine in the Neck

I’d prefer it would just get settled one way or another by SCOTU, but I think your proposed definition is practically unworkable. As an example I give you a riddle to solve for my son: born on U.S. to two citizen parents but still would not qualify as a natural born citizen under your standard, as he also qualified (and received) a foreign passport at birth. How?


49 posted on 10/20/2018 2:47:09 PM PDT by Behind the Blue Wall
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To: Behind the Blue Wall
I’d prefer it would just get settled one way or another by SCOTU, but I think your proposed definition is practically unworkable. As an example I give you a riddle to solve for my son: born on U.S. to two citizen parents but still would not qualify as a natural born citizen under your standard, as he also qualified (and received) a foreign passport at birth. How?

I understand that you would like your son to be considered NBC but if he has a passport from another country then he falls outside what I understand the Framers to mean. Another country has a claim on his citizenship so his loyalty is divided. I don't think the Framers considered dual citizens per se but the principle that motivated them to insert the NBC Clause is easy to understand in this case - if more than one country can claim your allegiance then you are NOT NBC.

69 posted on 10/20/2018 3:06:32 PM PDT by Paine in the Neck ( Socialism consumes EVERYTHING!)
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