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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

Both definitions passed citizenship paternally.

Paternally, eh? There's a chance that might have flown in 1716, but not in 2016!

60 posted on 04/17/2016 7:13:44 PM PDT by cynwoody

To: cynwoody

Paternally, eh? There's a chance that might have flown in 1716, but not in 2016!

Different times, different customs. Whatever the case, legal definitions do not change with the customs... at least, that's how we used to think.

75 posted on 04/17/2016 7:38:21 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)

To: cynwoody

There's a chance that might have flown in 1716, but not in 2016!

Statues and cultural decay cannot change original intent.

If a Constitutional amendment were to be proposed, they would probably have to adopt an entirely different term other than "natural born citizen".

86 posted on 04/17/2016 7:52:15 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Ohhh....Derka derka derka!)

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