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To: DiogenesLamp

“A Foreign father prevents American citizenship according to the Naturalization act of 1790.”

No, it doesn’t say that. It prevents him from a acquiring the description “natural-born citizen”, a description that is a requirement for being president.

Are you sure you want to let that act of man define “natural” citizenship?

That particular act was written three years after the Constitution was written, using language in the Constitution that was current then. It has been replaced, but its value in the fact that it defines what the founders meant by “natural born citizen”, a term the experts claim to not know what it means.

The writers of the Constitution commented on the “natural born citizen” requirement; they wanted to ensure there would be no divided loyalties of the president, as opposed to what was happening in other countries.


123 posted on 09/21/2015 9:35:25 AM PDT by odawg
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To: odawg
No, it doesn’t say that. It prevents him from a acquiring the description “natural-born citizen”, a description that is a requirement for being president.

You need to go reread the Naturalization act of 1790. It most certainly does say that. I'll excerpt the salient portion for you.

And the children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond Sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born Citizens: Provided, that the right of citizenship shall not descend to persons whose fathers have never been resident in the United States:

126 posted on 09/21/2015 9:50:18 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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