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To: BurningOak
birth on American soil is enough,

Birth on American soil makes them a citizen....but a "Natural Born Citizen" is something else entirely different. That's why the Constitution grandfathered part of the requirements of Article II; Section I which states

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; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

I highlighted the part that no longer applies....namely a citizen of the United States.

43 posted on 03/08/2014 7:08:36 PM PST by Diego1618 (Put "Ron" on the Rock!)
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To: Diego1618

Natural Born Citizen = Citizen From Birth. There are only two types of citizens, citizens at birth, and citizens who went through a naturalization process. If you are a citizen and not naturalized you are a natural born citizen (Rubio, Cruz, Jindal etc).


44 posted on 03/08/2014 7:16:39 PM PST by BurningOak (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2830849/reply?c=1)
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