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To: Nero Germanicus

One clause of the Constitution cannot overrule another.


20 posted on 01/09/2016 12:11:26 PM PST by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Western Civilization- whisper the words, and it will disappear. So let us talk now about rebirth.)
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

The Supreme Court ruled in 1874 in Minor v Happersett that: “The Constitution does not say, in words, who shall be Natural Born Citizens. Resort must be had elsewhere to determine that.”
The courts deal with each legal challenge to Natural Born Citizen status on a case by case basis.


23 posted on 01/09/2016 12:19:02 PM PST by Nero Germanicus
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