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To: opentalk

(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.

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80 posted on 04/27/2011 10:19:22 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

If his parents renounced his US citizenship to make him (he was a minor at the time) an Indonesian citizenship, then he is no longer a US citizen, and when he was born or the citizenship of his parents at the time he was born is moot.


88 posted on 04/27/2011 10:43:04 AM PDT by acsrp38 (Do your best to prevent Gorbal Warming!! Leave the lights on!!)
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To: Mr Rogers

As I understand this, the quotes are from an 1845 chancery court in the State of New York? I much prefer SCOTUS precedent on this issue.


98 posted on 04/27/2011 11:09:19 AM PDT by LachlanMinnesota (Which are you? A producer, a looter, or a moocher of wealth?)
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To: Mr Rogers

question............

if 2 Mexicans from Mexico only their whole life have a baby in America, can that baby become an American President

thanks in advance


104 posted on 04/27/2011 11:14:32 AM PDT by advertising guy (.......... I don't crap anymore....... I Kathy Griffin...........)
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