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To: patlin

“And the 14th Amendment gives no such power to Congress except that of naturalization because the 14th states, all person born “IN” the United States, PERIOD”

No, Section 5 gives Congress vast power to define citizenship by implementing it.

You don’t understand Constitutional law or how courts apply the Constitution.

Section 5 gives Congress almost unlimited power to implement citizenship, which means Congress can define who is a citizen.

Constitutional amendments are read BROADLY not in the narrow way that you imagine.

So the “necessary and proper” clause and Section 5 of the 14th Amendment — combined with the lack of any definition in the Constitution — gives Congress AND ONLY CONGRESS vast power to define who is a natural born citizen and decide any other questions about citizenship.


688 posted on 04/12/2016 7:45:03 AM PDT by Moseley (http://www.MoseleyComments.com)
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To: Moseley

Well actually now that I’ve schooled you about standing I have to educate you as to the final word on Natural Born Citizen. That would be the Supreme Court. They keep side stepping the issue but at some point they will be forced to weigh in and define it. The four previous times throughout history that the SCOTUS has touched on the issue they have acknowledged born in the US of two US parents.

In 2008 when John McCain’s eligibility was called into question the Senate voted a “resolution” stating that he was a natural born citizen and eligible to run for President. A resolution of the Senate carries no weight of law whatsoever. The Senate realized that they didn’t have the power to pass legislation deeming McCain a natural born citizen so they passed a “resolution” and the DNC just went a long with it as they also had an ineligible candidate they wanted to run.

Are you absolutely sure you are an attorney? :-)


697 posted on 04/12/2016 8:34:14 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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