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To: jamese777
"If in fact this is the case (that he was born in HI), then can we FINALLY get to the larger eligibilty question here?

How can someone born a subject to the crown of her majesty the Queen of England be considered a Natural Born Citizen of the United States and thus eligible to be the Commander in Chief of the armed forces (to say the least)?"

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Been there, done that. “Based upon the language of Article II, Section 1, Clause 4 and the guidance provided by Wong Kim Ark, we conclude that persons born within the borders of the United States are ‘natural born Citizens’ for Article II, Section 1 purposes, regardless of the citizenship of their parents. Just as a person ‘born within the British dominions [was] a natural-born British subject’ at the time of the framing of the U.S. Constitution, so too were those ‘born in the allegiance of the United States natural-born citizens.’”—Indiana Court of Appeals, Ankeny et. al. v The Governor of Indiana, Mitch Daniels, Nov. 12, 2009

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Indeed you've tried. Where, in WKA, did the court find him a "Natural Born Citizen?" Furthermore, your state supreme court case follows that statement up with this footnote:

We note the fact that the Court in Wong Kim Ark did not actually pronounce the plaintiff a “natural born Citizen” using the Constitution‟s Article II language is immaterial.

Well, now. Isn't that convinient? They cite WKA as their reason for finding Barry (a British subject at birth) to be a NBC...yet...they admit that the WKA court did NOT find WKA a NBC. Hmmmmm. Now isn't that strange! haha.

339 posted on 05/06/2010 11:47:26 AM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: rxsid
"Indeed you've tried. Where, in WKA, did the court find him a "Natural Born Citizen?" Furthermore, your state supreme court case follows that statement up with this footnote: We note the fact that the Court in Wong Kim Ark did not actually pronounce the plaintiff a “natural born Citizen” using the Constitution‟s Article II language is immaterial. Well, now. Isn't that convinient? They cite WKA as their reason for finding Barry (a British subject at birth) to be a NBC...yet...they admit that the WKA court did NOT find WKA a NBC. Hmmmmm. Now isn't that strange! haha." --------------------------- It was the Indiana Court of Appeals not the state Supreme Court. The Indiana Supreme Court let the Appeals Court's ruling stand and did not accept it on appeal. There is no case pending on the US Supreme Court's docket that pertains to whether a president must have two native born parents in order to qualify as eligibile. Barry is the 7th US president with a foreign born parent. Andrew Jackson had TWO Irish born parents and he's on the twenty dollar bill!
391 posted on 05/06/2010 3:08:30 PM PDT by jamese777
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