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To: sometime lurker
The Expatriation Act of 1868 starts out "Whereas the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people..."

You really shouldn't bring forth out fo context information that which is likely to shoot you in the foot. It really shows how ignorant you really are. So, what did the court(Justice Gray) say about expatriation in regards to citizenship & how citizenship is acquired?

Elk v. Wilkins, 112 U.S. 94 (1884) Decided November 3, 1884

Page 112 U. S. 98

MR. JUSTICE GRAY delivered the opinion of the Court...The distinction between citizenship by birth and citizenship by naturalization is clearly marked in the provisions of the Constitution, by which

“No person, except a natural born citizen or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution shall be eligible to the office of President,”

and “The Congress shall have power to establish an uniform rule of naturalization.” Constitution, Article II, Section 1; Article I, Section 8. By the Thirteenth Amendment of the Constitution, slavery was prohibited. The main object of the opening sentence of the Fourteenth Amendment was to settle the question, upon which there had been a difference of opinion throughout the country and in this Court, as to the citizenship of free negroes ( 60 U. S. 73; Strauder v. West Virginia,@ 100 U. S. 303, 100 U. S. 306.

This section contemplates two sources of citizenship, and two sources only: birth and naturalization. The persons declared to be citizens are “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” The evident meaning of these last words is not merely subject in some respect or degree to the jurisdiction of the United States, but completely subject to their political jurisdiction and owing them direct and immediate allegiance. And the words relate to the time of birth in the one case, as they do to the time of naturalization in the other. Persons not thus subject to the jurisdiction of the United States at the time of birth cannot become so afterwards except by being naturalized, either individually...

It is also worthy of remark that the language used about the same time by the very Congress which framed the Fourteenth Amendment, in the first section of the Civil Rights Act of April 9, 1866, declaring who shall be citizens of the United States, is “all persons born in the United States, and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed.” 14 Stat. 27; Rev.Stat. § 1992...

The Act of July 27, 1868, c. 249, declaring the right of expatriation to be a natural and inherent right of all people, and reciting that “in the recognition of this principle this government has freely received emigrants from all nations, and invested them with the rights of citizenship,” while it affirms the right of every man to expatriate himself from one country, contains nothing to enable him to become a citizen of another without being naturalized under its authority. 15 Stat. 223; Rev.Stat. § 1999...

Now mind you, Gray was quoting Justice Waite in the Minor case in regards to acquiring citizenship. The act of Expatriation is one of a personal nature. It has to be done freely by the indivdual and no one else. Thus a parent can not strip that which was acquired by nature. Obama claims he was born subject to the British Nationality Act of 1948 and Treaty of 1883, thus he was born a Brit. Now if there is some new treaty since 1948 that states the children born in the US to British subjects do not acquire British nationality at birth, I would most welcome reading it.

653 F.2d 285 (citation) Laurence J. TERRAZAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Alexander M. HAIG,* Secretary of State, Defendant-Appellee. No. 80-2292. United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Argued May 11, 1981. Decided June 30, 1981. http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/653/653.F2d.285.80-2292.html

There is a reason Obama will not release his passport or college records along with the originals of his mother. A renewal of hers from 1967 will simply not suffice. Especially since she removes her son from her passport in that application and lists him with a different surname. The records must be very damaging in that they will show that after coming of age, Obama chose to retain a foreign citizenship. Hence, he expatriated himself.

557 posted on 02/09/2012 6:10:31 PM PST by patlin ("Knowledge is a powerful source that is 2nd to none but God" ConstitutionallySpeaking 2011)
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To: patlin

It appears in your last italicized paragraph you are merely confirming what I said about expatriation. You stuck in several irrelevant paragraphs beforehand, however. If you continue, I will cease to answer as you appear to be trying to obfuscate and waste time to no purpose.


560 posted on 02/09/2012 6:29:41 PM PST by sometime lurker
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