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To: Windflier

“Born in the country to two citizen parents = natural born citizen.”

Unlike the first nine presidents, until the tenth, John Tyler, 66 years after 1776,


66 posted on 07/22/2016 8:17:24 AM PDT by ColoCdn (Neco eos omnes, Deus suos agnoset)
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To: ColoCdn

Apologies, 65 years.


68 posted on 07/22/2016 8:18:05 AM PDT by ColoCdn (Neco eos omnes, Deus suos agnoset)
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To: ColoCdn

Unlike the first nine presidents,

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True but keep in mind all nine were born on the soil that was to become the USA.


70 posted on 07/22/2016 8:23:00 AM PDT by deport
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To: ColoCdn

Perhaps you haven’t actually read the Constitution.

“No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.”

It really is quite clear “or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of
the Adoption of this Constitution,”


72 posted on 07/22/2016 8:25:11 AM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: ColoCdn

“Unlike the first nine presidents, until the tenth, John Tyler, 66 years after 1776,”

You’re obviously not familiar with the ‘grandfather clause’ in Article II, Section I of the Constitution.

The early presidents couldn’t be NBC because they were born in the country when it was still a British colony.


82 posted on 07/22/2016 8:38:37 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: ColoCdn

No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
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The part after the first comma exempted themselves.
They knew it would be a while before natural born citizens were possible.


106 posted on 07/22/2016 4:14:00 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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