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To: El Gato
Congress has no power to redefine the term anyway.

Why not?

260 posted on 02/03/2010 7:43:36 PM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur
Congress has no power to redefine the term anyway.

Why not?

Because if they could redefine terms in the Constitution, they could in effect amend it without going through the amendment process. They could redefine "arms" or "freedom of the press" or "freedom of speech", or "unreasonable". Much mischief would ensue as they could and would gut the bill of rights.

263 posted on 02/03/2010 7:48:00 PM PST by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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To: Non-Sequitur
Why not?

No delgated power. At least I don't see one. They can define a uniform rule for naturalization, and they have. But no power to define "natural born citizen" or any other Constitutional "term of art" for that matter.

269 posted on 02/03/2010 7:59:35 PM PST by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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