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To: noinfringers2
We were born in the mid-west USA and our parents were unnaturalized Russian immigrants. These facts and consequences of the matter dawned on me after WWII service although I thought differently as a child with the idea any one can become POTUSA.

The Supreme Court has never had to rule on who is a natural born citizen. If they ever do, it will be very strange if they don't simply say it means citizen by birth (which would include you — and thank you for your service). Any other interpretation would run counter to the common understanding and require adducing all manner of esoterica predating the 14th Amendment and would seem contrived to fit Obama's facts.

The status of Obama's father was completely known before the election, but the arguments that he wasn't eligible then advanced all depended on his having been born outside the country. Only when that factual argument failed did the birthers attempt a legal argument. See if you can find a thread before the election wherein Vattel, for example, was discussed in this connection.

46 posted on 03/13/2011 9:34:42 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: cynwoody
The Supreme Court has never had to rule on who is a natural born citizen. If they ever do, it will be very strange if they don't simply say it means citizen by birth

I agree with you that SCOTUS is overrun with traitors.

47 posted on 03/14/2011 12:05:42 AM PDT by Plummz (pro-constitution, anti-corruption)
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