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To: longtermmemmory

The fatuous notion that statutory law can “define” a phrase in the Constitution seems to persist despite the fact that there is not a shred of legal authority to support such a notion. The original intended meaning in the Constitution can only be changed by amendment to the Constitution. What matters is what the framers intended, not what Congress subsquently “defines.”


76 posted on 04/25/2011 10:42:51 AM PDT by AmericanVictory (Should we be more like them or they more like we used to be?)
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To: AmericanVictory

it worked for John McCains citizenship qualification when born in the panama canal zone.


105 posted on 04/25/2011 5:06:46 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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