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To: DoodleDawg

The reason there is NO CONTROLLING COURT DECISION regarding this issue is that it has never been before a court. This is not surprising because it would obviously be rare that some major party would attempt to run a candidate who is obviously not eligible. Times have changed I guess. Federal statutes are NOT CONTROLLING here. The Constitution is controlling. All that matters is this... What did natural born mean when the Framers wrote it into the Constitution? This is ALL that matters.


83 posted on 02/25/2015 11:10:01 AM PST by HMS Surprise (Chris Christie can STILL go straight to hell.)
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To: HMS Surprise
What did natural born mean when the Framers wrote it into the Constitution? This is ALL that matters.

The framers were, alas, silent on that question.

94 posted on 02/25/2015 12:48:53 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: HMS Surprise; DoodleDawg

While true that the Founders/Framers were silent on the meaning of the term natural born citizen, Alexander Hamilton in 1795 said to determine the meaning of terms in the Constitution look to English Law.


116 posted on 02/26/2015 8:57:06 PM PST by 4Zoltan
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