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To: rxsid

Yes, yes, you’ve said many times that Vattel gave a definition of “natural born citizen”. You still haven’t shown any information which suggests that the Founders preferred that definition over the common law definition, which was at least as well known to them.


81 posted on 05/14/2010 9:50:18 AM PDT by The Pack Knight (Duty, Honor, Country)
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To: The Pack Knight; rxsid

<>You still haven’t shown any information which suggests that the Founders preferred that definition over the common law definition, which was at least as well known to them.<>

Yes he has — many times. Try Founder and historian David Ramsay for one:

http://www.thepostemail.com/2010/04/02/founder-and-historian-david-ramsay-defines-natural-born-citizen-in-1789/


83 posted on 05/14/2010 10:12:35 AM PDT by Uncle Chip (TRUTH : Ignore it. Deride it. Allegorize it. Interpret it. But you can't ESCAPE it.)
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