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Come on, do you seriously think “that may be born beyond sea, or out of the limits of the United States” means that provision also applies to children born inside the United States?

Are you going to tell us that it meant that only children of citizens born beyond the sea were to be considered natural born citizens???

It doesn't say "that are". It says "that may" which widens their definition from what it was to something more involving possibility, or chance. So then what was it before they added "that may ..."???

82 posted on 05/14/2010 10:06:35 AM PDT by Uncle Chip (TRUTH : Ignore it. Deride it. Allegorize it. Interpret it. But you can't ESCAPE it.)

The Naturalization Act of 1790 clearly did not address the citizenship of those born in the United States. That was determined by common law. It only extended natural born citizenship to those born outside of the United States to citizen parents.

I don’t see how you can honestly read it any other way.