Posted on 09/13/2009 1:07:31 PM PDT by rxsid
Common sense, a very depleted resource, would dictate that a couple abroad in the service of their country would be able to pass “natural born citizenship” to their children born abroad. Our military are our most patriotic citizens, risking life and limb for country. It doesn’t make sense to question the allegiance of their children, when the parents allegiance is so obvious. It would make sense that the physical location of birth be less important than the citizenship of the parents, though some argue that location is the only factor in determining natural born citizen status. Doesn’t make sense that our framers would be so stupid. Oh for the good ole’ days of common sense, which I’m sure the framers took for granted and assumed would survive. That has not been the case.
Yes, Rhodes...thanks.
This is one to watch...
There have been several efforts to amend the Constitution, to allow those children born abroad of military citizens natural born citizenship. None has been ratified. The Naturalization Act of 1795 states that such children are citizens, not natural born citizens.
It’s an admirable sentiment, and a widespread, popular misconception, but it is not true that children born abroad of military citizen parents are natural born citizens.
Allegiance is not just a state of mind. It is a basis of legal claims. The country of birth claims these children as their own, in most instances. They follow jus soli, too. These legal entanglements would be extremely difficult in certain situations as Commander In Chief. Times of war, trade negotiations, defense treaties ... there is the logic in excluding the foreign born, regardless of parentage.
Well, I’ll give you credit for this: you do know about hissy fits.
Need many more of these.
Hard to believe the founders would interpret someone with a British father to be natural born.
Call your governor, secretary of state, and attorney general TOMORROW! Bury them in a blizzard of complaints.
If you are going to throw rocks at Pelosi, at least do enough homework to post things that are true instead of just accepting made up crap without question. According to Snopes, this is a boiler plate joke that predates Pelosi by many years. Pelosi is an ass and she is corrupt, but she is not stupid.
Besides even if it isn't true, the very fact that people who know Nazi Pelosi think it could be true speaks volumes.
RACIST! RACIST! RACIST!... I CALL RACIST! (how many times makes it true, btw?)RACIST!
Yeah, the argument that the seriousness of the accusation is sufficent to warrent a hearing ranks right up there w/ that, right along with, "it may not be true, but it is accurate"... wasn't that how it went?
Pelosi is slime, but we don't need to be the conservative version of the DUmmies in order to show what she is about.
The TRUTH
RIDICULE
Apply both liberally...
Indeed. Nothing is beyond the pale for the Commucrats. Take him out, then blame 'right wing extremists/racists.'
Interesting, that you say you’ve been following this blogger for a while, but the posting history only begins last month.
If you want to laud a noob who comes on here shreiking about neo-Nazis done stoled his wuuurk, go right ahead.
Fits right in with the nonstop three ring circus surrounding that Orly oddity.
But, leave me out of it. If that’s a “hissy fit” in your book, so be it.
That would be fine by me but that's not how it'll play out. The moonbats will whine and cry about how the big bad Republicans illegally pushed out their idol and it'll be Bush's fault all over again.
So, Nancy et al should have investigated his birth and requested the long form BC but we can assume they never did their job. The same failure falls to the states who didn't investigate. Kick them all out!
The notary knew but she’ll get off scot free because she’s only certifying the signatures, not the content of the paper. Nancy, otoh,....
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