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To: Mr Rogers
....Barry wasn’t born to illegals. His mother was born & raised here, and his father here with the permission of the US government - “in amity”, as the WKA decision discussed it.....

What you are arguing is that WKA gives NBC (supposedly according to you for Presidential eligibility)to anyone born in the US of any parentage, including foundlings of unknown parentage and offspring of one or two illegal aliens. You cannot see the absurdity of your own argument. To construe the law that way would totally defeat the purpose of the Constitution's Natural Born Citizen clause. A decision of that magnitude contrary to common sense and will of the people would likely cause a real revolution. Please use some common sense and logic when trying to "interpret our laws.

66 posted on 10/23/2011 10:34:06 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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To: rolling_stone

What I did was READ the WKA decision. It was the court who said the meaning of NBC is found in English Common Law, and that in English Common Law, a child of TWO alien parents was a natural born subject.

NBC wasn’t a term made up in the Constitution. It existed as a legal phrase, with a well known legal meaning BEFORE the Constitution was written. WKA reviewed that legal history at length.

The Founders used a legal term with a specific meaning. That meaning did NOT require two citizen parents.


67 posted on 10/23/2011 10:47:59 PM PDT by Mr Rogers ("they found themselves made strangers in their own country")
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