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To: entropy12

“Why did the framers of constitution said NATURAL Born Citizen, And NOT simply a citizen?”

Because the term citizen also covers those who were not citizens when they were born, but became citizens later in life via naturalization.


39 posted on 01/15/2016 11:00:15 AM PST by FewsOrange
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To: FewsOrange
Exactly what ‘naturalization’ procedures were being utilized before the Constitution was adopted?

The Constitution clearly distinguishes between citizens and natural born citizens at a time when ‘naturalization’ Laws had not yet been written.

Who should One suppose were those citizens that were not ‘natural born?’

61 posted on 01/15/2016 1:36:55 PM PST by Radix ("..Democrats are holding a meeting today to decide whether to overturn the results of the election.")
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