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To: tarheelswamprat

375 posted on 07/31/2009 7:01:16 AM PDT by kabar
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To: kabar

That clause specifically applies to people born OUTSIDE the United states. It was also modified in 1795 to remove the “natural born” part.

There simply doesn’t seem to have been any real issue raised about whether a child born in this country to a mother who was a citizen would be a citizen, and being born here, a natural born citizen.

Chester Arthur, our 21st president, had a citizen mother and a non-citizen father.


381 posted on 07/31/2009 7:26:40 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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