To: GregNH
“That language was removed by congress in 1795.”
Are you saying they thwarted our Founders intent?
475 posted on
08/31/2013 9:30:42 PM PDT by
Sun
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To: Sun
The founders "intent" was only temporary, jibing with the temporary nature of this clause in Article II:
"No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution"
It would make sense in 1790, that children born of citizens abroad would be "considered" as natural-born citizens because non-native-born citizens at the time of the adoption of the Constitution were considered as natural-born citizens. By 1795, the need to allow and qualify a wider pool of natural-born citizens would have been less necessary because there would have been plenty of real natural-born citizens.
477 posted on
08/31/2013 9:47:03 PM PDT by
edge919
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