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To: patriotgal1787

(page 246)
And the constitution itself contains a direct recognition of the subsisting common law principle, in the section which defines the qualification of the President. “No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President,” &c. The only standard which then existed, of a natural born citizen, was the rule of the common law, and no different standard has been adopted since. Suppose a person should be elected President who was native born, but of alien parents, could there be any reasonable doubt that he was eligible under the constitution? I think not.

(pg 250)
6. Upon principle, therefore, I can entertain no doubt, but that by the law of the United States, every person born within the dominions and allegiance of the United States, whatever were the situation of his parents, is a natural born citizen.

http://tesibria.typepad.com/whats_your_evidence/Lynch_v_Clarke_1844_ocr.pdf


2 posted on 04/27/2011 8:28:13 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (Poor history is better than good fiction, and anything with lots of horses is better still)
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To: Mr Rogers
Why do you keep posting this meaningless quote? How much is Obama paying you?

If and when this gets to SCOTUS, dozens of opinions showing just the opposite of yours will be presented. I am not going to waste my time to see if your wordy document is even relevant.

Your argument that parents citizenship is irrelevant is ridiculous.

17 posted on 04/27/2011 8:52:13 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts ma'am, just the facts)
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