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To: patlin
But the British Nationality Act of 1948 that governed the status of Obama Sr’s children did at the time, therefore Obama was British 1st and American 2nd.

If Venezuelan law was changed to recognize everyone born on US soil as a Venezuelan citizen as well, would that eliminate everyone from NBC status?

What another nation claims is immaterial over what the US claims. We do not recognize another nation's claim on our citizens. If we do, then we open ourselves to claims such as the hypothetical Venezuelan situation.

120 posted on 05/14/2010 11:31:13 PM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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To: PugetSoundSoldier
Children take the name of their father when the parents are married and thus they are entitled to inherit. They are listed by the nationality of the father and therefore, the 1st thing they inherit is the fathers citizenship. This is the law of nature, which is the International Law of Nations and has been since the beginning of the civilized world.
128 posted on 05/15/2010 12:16:22 AM PDT by patlin (1st SCOTUS of USA: "Human life, from its commencement to its close, is protected by the common law.")
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To: PugetSoundSoldier
We do not recognize another nation's claim on our citizens.

What do you mean by "We"??? Are you an American citizen???? I think "not". So get over the "We" stuff.

We abided by the treaty with the Chinese Emperor after the Civil War not to allow Chinese nationals to become U.S. citizens. So you don't know what you're talking about.

Read our Constitution sometime if you are going to blabber about it. "We" abide by treaties "we" sign with other nations as required by our Constitution. The country whose flag you are flying on your info page may not, but "We" do.

So go peddle your baloney over in Shanghai.

146 posted on 05/15/2010 8:30:40 AM PDT by Uncle Chip (TRUTH : Ignore it. Deride it. Allegorize it. Interpret it. But you can't ESCAPE it.)
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To: PugetSoundSoldier
If Venezuelan law was changed to recognize everyone born on US soil as a Venezuelan citizen as well, would that eliminate everyone from NBC status?

That same tired argument again, here let me kill it for you, the only way that would be possible would be if we recognized by treaty Venezuela's right to do so.

We do however have a treaty with Great Britain that recognizes the citizenship of their subjects and their offspring, we even fought a war with them because of it, maybe you heard of the War of 1812?

150 posted on 05/15/2010 8:43:43 AM PDT by usmcobra (Your chances of dying in bed are reduced by getting out of it, but most people still die in bed)
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