To: Lurkinanloomin
Jefferson’s mother was born in England and Madison accepted dual U.S.-French citizenship.
To: Nero Germanicus
Read the Constitution, the part after the first comma in clause 5 of Art II Sec 1 exempts the founders because they knew there could not be any natural born citizens for at least 35 years.
68 posted on
01/09/2017 3:49:47 PM PST by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents)
To: Nero Germanicus
But Jefferson and Madison were grandfathered in as natural born citizens in Article II, right?
-PJ
71 posted on
01/09/2017 3:51:04 PM PST by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: Nero Germanicus
Jeffersons mother was born in England and Madison accepted dual U.S.-French citizenship. The Constitution purposely legalized all the Founders.
88 posted on
01/09/2017 4:29:22 PM PST by
itsahoot
(Three words I don't want to hear, Comprehensive Immigration Reform.)
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