If you have to be naturalized before you can become a citizen, then you are not a natural born citizen.
There is no third category: you're either naturalized or you're natural born.
But, but Lord Trump of the House of Lords, that great legal authority, says Ted Cruz was born in Canada so cannot run for president. If Lord Trump says so, it must be do.
Check this out, there appears to be a few issues:
To: Behind the Blue Wall
The “original” SR511 definition of NBC ( http://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/the-introduction-of-a-senate-resolution ) signed by Obama, Clinton, Leahy, Coburn, Webb and McCaskill and verified by Chertoff, states very plainly that NBC means born in the USA of two US citizen parents. The SR511 that Congress vetted McCain with ( https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/110/sres511/text ) is a watered down version but still states TWO US CITIZENS.
There is a reason Leahy has kept the original version on his website all these years.
104 posted on 1/6/2016 11:59:46 AM by bgill (CDC site, “We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola”)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3380307/posts?page=104#104
To: Wissa
“Don’t you think it would be better for Cruz to put all the documentation and facts out there”
Don’t hold your breath, looks like Cruz is going the Obama route
“At present, all FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests filed in search of any U.S. citizenship documents to confirm the true official U.S. citizenship status of Ted Cruz have been denied access. All citizenship records for Ted Cruz are sealed unless and until Ted Cruz agrees to allow any such records to be released by either U.S. or Canadian agencies.”
http://www.newswithviews.com/JBWilliams/williams317.htm
At the tail end of the article 6 paragraphs before the end.
115 posted on 1/6/2016 12:26:27 PM by jpsb
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3380307/posts?page=115#115
That said I think Trump and Cruz are coordinating - even on this birther thing.
Won’t matter. Trumpskis are worried that Cruz actually is conservative and their blow hard idol may not end up winning in Iowa and/or New Hapmshire.
-—Neal Kaytal and Paul Clement——
Obviously, these two are Cruz bots.../S
So did they finally admit that 0bumkiss is not legally qualified to be POTUS?
Natural born refers to someone who can be nothing else because both parents are citizens of the United States and the birth occurred within the jurisdiction of the United States. A "law" or "statute" is not required to determine your citizenship stature, these are man-made definers as opposed to your natural condition defined by the nature of your birth circumstances. Thus "natural born".
Ah, and suddenly the media is interested in what constitutes a natural born citizen.
***On the Meaning of âNatural Born Citizenâ***
I believe the Founding Fathers wanted someone born here because they would be culturally American.
Ted Cruz is culturally American.
Obama is culturally Indonesian moslem.
For what it’s worth:
Neal Kaytal and Paul Clement were both on opposite sides in Guantanamo cases.
Kaytal defended the Gitmo detainees in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, while Clement (as Solicitor General) defended the Bush administration (and the U.S.).
Not too pertinent to this matter, but it caught my eye and I had to say it. I’m not all that fond of Gitmo lawyers.
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NBC
More on what constitutes a NBC from Harvard Law
No doubt about it, I need a refresher course on US Civics