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To: jamese777
any law in the US Code or any decision rendered by the Supreme Court

How did John Jay know what "natural born citizen" meant without the guidance of the US Code or the Supreme Court? Or do you think he had a time machine?

26 posted on 08/23/2010 2:17:44 AM PDT by Plummz (pro-constitution, anti-corruption)
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To: Plummz

How did John Jay know what “natural born citizen” meant without the guidance of the US Code or the Supreme Court? Or do you think he had a time machine?


There is a difference between “personal opinion” and “codified law”. John Jay’s opinion as Chief Justice never was expressed in a decision of the Supreme Court.

With regard to the natural born citizen status of Barack Obama, 72 courts (including 8 attempts at the Supreme Court) have thus far ajudicated lawsuits on that issue and zero courts have ruled him to be ineligible.
There is no law on the books that spells out precisely who shall be considered a “natural born citizen.” The closest the current law of the land comes is in spelling out who shall be a “born citizen.” Whether there is a difference in the law between a born citizen and a natural born citizen is yet to be determined.


27 posted on 08/23/2010 11:09:14 AM PDT by jamese777
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