Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

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)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 63 | View Replies ]


To: Lurkinanloomin

The grandfather clause had nothing to do with James Madison choosing to become a Citizen of the French Republic as well as a U.S. citizen in 1792. And he was “The Father of the Constitution.”

Presidents James Buchanan and Chester Arthur had fathers born in Ireland; Woodrow Wilson’s mother was born in England; Herbert Hoover’s mother was born in Canada, Barack Obama’s father was born in Kenya; and Donald Trump’s mother was born in Scotland.

I agree that Martin Van Buren was the first president to ge a natural born citizen. The seven before him were born as British subjects.


93 posted on 01/09/2017 4:43:08 PM PST by Nero Germanicus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 68 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson