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To: Kansas58
James Madison says that Congress has such power.
I'm not asking you what James Madison said, am I? James Madison isn't the Constitution.

Then from whence does such authority derive? In other words, what specific Article, Section and Clause of the Constitution gives Congress the power, much less the authority, to perform this function? It obviously isn't Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4, since that pertains to naturalization, so where does Congress get the authority you claim it has?

142 posted on 02/06/2012 9:11:50 PM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: philman_36
James Madison WROTE the Constitution.

James Madison is known as the FATHER OF THE CONSTITUTION.

Are Birthers now “anti-Madison”??

Congress has the power, Congress has used the power to grant birth right citizenship to those born on foreign soil and has changed those rules more than once, for instance.

It is impossible to write rules for “Naturalization” unless you FIRST know who might need such a process -— Congress therefore has power over all Citizenship issues.

I would also point out the Congress has the power to limit the Jurisdiction of the Courts, and that Congress has a coequal power to define, interpret and enact the Constitution. Your reasoning and your line of questioning are absurd.

148 posted on 02/06/2012 9:24:02 PM PST by Kansas58
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