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To: meadsjn
Neither is being a naturalized citizen, but neither of these comply with the intent of the founders' that US presidents should have no divided loyalties.

And you base this on...?

428 posted on 12/04/2008 3:32:13 PM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur
Writings of the discussions of the framers of the Constitution during its development. Some of these points were made in Denofrio's filing.

You need to read more and troll less.

436 posted on 12/04/2008 3:42:57 PM PST by meadsjn (Socialists promote neighbors selling out their neighbors; Free Traitors promote just the opposite.)
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The constitutional requirement for the President of the United States to be a natural-born citizen had one purpose according to St. George Tucker:

“That provision in the constitution which requires that the president shall be a native-born citizen (unless he were a citizen of the United States when the constitution was adopted,) is a happy means of security against foreign influence, which, wherever it is capable of being exerted, is to he dreaded more than the plague. The admission of foreigners into our councils, consequently, cannot be too much guarded against; their total exclusion from a station to which foreign nations have been accustomed to, attach ideas of sovereign power, sacredness of character, and hereditary right, is a measure of the most consummate policy and wisdom. … The title of king, prince, emperor, or czar, without the smallest addition to his powers, would have rendered him a member of the fraternity of crowned heads: their common cause has more than once threatened the desolation of Europe. To have added a member to this sacred family in America, would have invited and perpetuated among us all the evils of Pandora’s Box.”


453 posted on 12/04/2008 4:22:34 PM PST by wndawmn666
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