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To: Oceander
I made the rather simple suggestion that the Constitution be amended - using the procedures the Founders provided - to clarify the standards used to determine who is eligible to be president

If you'd stated it just that way from the top, I doubt you'd have run into so much hostility on the thread. I half suspected that that's what you meant, but it wasn't possible to be sure because of how you worded it.

I personally wouldn't mind seeing an amendment to the Constitution stating that, "NBC is defined as: born on U.S. soil to two U.S. citizen parents."

Using a modicum of logic and reason, it can be seen that the above definition is the purest form of citizenship that exists. There is no question, that that is precisely what the Framers would have intended when inserting that requirement into the Constitution.

The office of president is the only office in our government that has that requirement, and for very good reasons, which I won't belabor here.

276 posted on 01/17/2016 6:42:33 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Windflier

And I would agree that having it stated as such would achieve the aim of clarity that I seek. On the substantive grounds I don’t believe the standard should be so restrictive, but I do agree that it should be that clear.


277 posted on 01/17/2016 6:43:50 PM PST by Oceander
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