The law is all about defintions.
Its a “I did not have sexual relations with that woman” trick.
Linking natural to born with a hyphen and inserting the word American before citizen breaks up the meaning. The effect cannot be defined exactly.
Fukino is a medical docter, not a constitutional lawyer, that makes her use of “natural-born” *especially* dangerous.
The law is all about defintions.
Its a “I did not have sexual relations with that woman” trick.
Linking natural to born with a hyphen and inserting the word American before citizen breaks up the meaning. The effect cannot be defined exactly.
Fukino is a medical docter, not a constitutional lawyer, that makes her use of “natural-born” *especially* dangerous.
As a physician Dr. Fukino is professionally capable of looking at a birth document and discerning if under “place of birth” it lists a place that is located in one of the states of the union and then, in her official appointed capacity as overseer of all Vital Records for the state of Hawaii, she is capable of issuing a professional judgement as to whether that location qualifies a person as a natural born American citizen or not.”
As the primary author of the US Constitution once said:
“It is an established maxim that birth is a criterion of allegiance. Birth, however, derives its force sometimes from place, and sometimes from parentage; but in general place is the most certain criterion; it is what applies in the United States; it will, therefore, be unnecessary to examine any other.”—James Madison, Founding Father, Framer of the Constitution, 4th President of the United States.