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To: Scanian
The Framers relied on “The Law of Nations” in selecting the term “natural born.”

So you all keep saying. Given that then I have you doubt that you can come up with some quotes from Madison or Franklin or one of the leaders of the Constitutional convention showing their definition of natural born. Or perhaps some writings from them showing they supported the concept of three classes of citizenship. Or something indicating that they disagreed with all English legal precedent that said that children born in Britain were citizens from birth regarless of parental citizenship? Surely you can do that, can't you?

The meaning of “natural born” was so obvious to the framers that they saw no need to define it in the Constitution. They were EDUCATED people, you see.

Or perhaps they were not as...imaginative in their definition of the term as you and your friends are.

If you feel the need for a more specific understanding of the term, the 1866 deliberations in Congress regarding the 14th Amendment would be a good place to start.

Actually a better place to start would be the writings of the founders or perhaps some Supreme Court decisions that define natural born citizen in the same odd manner as you do. How about it?

1,303 posted on 01/04/2009 9:30:38 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur
Or something indicating that they disagreed with all English legal precedent that said that children born in Britain were citizens from birth regarless of parental citizenship?

Slavery.

1,327 posted on 01/04/2009 10:04:29 PM PST by Mojave (http://barackobamajokes.googlepages.com/obama_funny)
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