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To: E. Pluribus Unum

One only needs to be born a U.S. citizen rather than have to be naturalized as a citizen.

That has always been the rule as the Constitution only mentioned or envisioned THREE types of U.S. citizen.

One type were those who were citizens at the time of the adoption of the Constitution. They are all dead.

Currently there are only TWO types of U.S. citizen - those who were born U.S. citizens and those who had to be naturalized as citizens.


12 posted on 03/06/2013 1:49:04 PM PST by allmendream (Tea Party did not send GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
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To: allmendream

Being a natural born citizen used to require having both parents be US citizens.


15 posted on 03/06/2013 1:52:35 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Somebody has to be courageous enough to stand up to the bullies." --Dr. Ben Carson)
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To: allmendream

That’s a nice spin for the pro-Rubio, Jindal, Cruz types, but it is at least open to debate, considering that the language used in the Constitution for only issue of the presidency fits with the higher standard that the term was commonly known to mean at the time.


17 posted on 03/06/2013 1:55:07 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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