[robertpaulsen]

First, if they don't/can't vote, then there's no way they are "part of a national community or who have otherwise developed sufficient connection with this country".

Second, that 15% figure was a 1792 percentage -- it was Madison's estimate of the size of the militia. Given that blacks, women, and those as young as 18 are now allowed to vote, that percentage today is much higher.

[ctdonath2]

First, if they don't/can't vote, then there's no way they are "part of a national community or who have otherwise developed sufficient connection with this country".

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH - you funny! that's REALLY dumb!