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To: briarbey b

“the Law of nations” has no standings in U.S. law, nor should it.

http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_citi.html

Currently, Title 8 of the U.S. Code fills in those gaps. Section 1401 defines the following as people who are “citizens of the United States at birth:”

Anyone born inside the United States
Any Indian or Eskimo born in the United States, provided being a citizen of the U.S. does not impair the person’s status as a citizen of the tribe
Any one born outside the United States, both of whose parents are citizens of the U.S., as long as one parent has lived in the U.S.
Any one born outside the United States, if one parent is a citizen and lived in the U.S. for at least one year and the other parent is a U.S. national
Any one born in a U.S. possession, if one parent is a citizen and lived in the U.S. for at least one year
Any one found in the U.S. under the age of five, whose parentage cannot be determined, as long as proof of non-citizenship is not provided by age 21
Any one born outside the United States, if one parent is an alien and as long as the other parent is a citizen of the U.S. who lived in the U.S. for at least five years (with military and diplomatic service included in this time)
A final, historical condition: a person born before 5/24/1934 of an alien father and a U.S. citizen mother who has lived in the U.S.
Anyone falling into these categories is considered natural-born, and is eligible to run for President or Vice President. These provisions allow the children of military families to be considered natural-born, for example.


10 posted on 12/16/2008 4:43:31 PM PST by allmendream (Wealth is EARNED not distributed.... so how could it be Redistributed?)
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To: allmendream

um, some here would disagree with you... just wait!

Stronger legal minds than mine will be here soon to set you straight.


14 posted on 12/16/2008 4:50:36 PM PST by jacquej
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To: allmendream

Nice reminder. Thanks for staying on the case. If Zero was born in Hawaii he is eligible. All this other crap does is distract from the real issue. No wonder the Court dropped the case.


31 posted on 12/16/2008 5:31:28 PM PST by arrogantsob (Hero vs Zero)
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To: allmendream
"Anyone falling into these categories is considered natural-born, and is eligible to run for President or Vice President. These provisions allow the children of military families to be considered natural-born, for example."

You might want to follow the link to Sec. 1401 that takes you to Cornell's website. The above is not in the code that they show but appears to be the linking website's comments. In other words...0.

54 posted on 12/16/2008 5:56:29 PM PST by Eagles6 ( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck)
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To: allmendream

These codes passed by Congress don’t change the Constitution which is the supreme law of the land. One must go back to the original intent of the framers for guidance on this one.


84 posted on 12/16/2008 7:14:47 PM PST by ironman
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To: allmendream; briarbey b; jacquej; arrogantsob; Eagles6; ironman
The link you reference, allmendream, does not provide a definition for "natural born citizen" at all. The phrase "natural born citizen", or "natural born", or even the single word "natural" is *not* found anywhere in this section! US CODE 1401 is titled "Nationals and citizens of United States at birth". The text is introduced with "The following shall be nationals and citizens of the United States at birth:". "Citizen" yes; "natural born citizen" no. There is a difference.
103 posted on 12/16/2008 8:19:50 PM PST by so_real
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