Natural born is the subject, noone disputes he is a citizen.
Besides his daddy wasn’t an American, that alone disqualifies zero.
Vatell spells it out along with letters from Ben Franklin, Et al.
“Natural born is the subject, no one disputes he is a citizen.”
Really, you have got to be shitting me...
“Besides his daddy wasn’t an American, that alone disqualifies zero.”
Just flat wrong...
“Vatell spells it out along with letters from Ben Franklin, Et al.”
Huh - I never knew letters could be substituted for law in the United States.
Covered in 1844:
(page 246)
And the constitution itself contains a direct recognition of the subsisting common law principle, in the section which defines the qualification of the President. “No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President,” &c. The only standard which then existed, of a natural born citizen, was the rule of the common law, and no different standard has been adopted since. Suppose a person should be elected President who was native born, but of alien parents, could there be any reasonable doubt that he was eligible under the constitution? I think not.
(pg 250)
6. Upon principle, therefore, I can entertain no doubt, but that by the law of the United States, every person born within the dominions and allegiance of the United States, whatever were the situation of his parents, is a natural born citizen.
http://tesibria.typepad.com/whats_your_evidence/Lynch_v_Clarke_1844_ocr.pdf
People think citizen is the same as natural born citizen. Without question there are millions of citizens in this country who have had their “right” to be President disabled constitutionally. The Supreme Court has never dealt with the issue of natural born vs. standard citizen because it would be an exceedingly rare thing to do. The only reason it would become an issue? Someone running for Pres... and HERE we are kids.
People think citizen is the same as natural born citizen. Without question there are millions of citizens in this country who have had their “right” to be President disabled constitutionally. The Supreme Court has never dealt with the issue of natural born vs. standard citizen because it would be an exceedingly rare thing to do. The only reason it would become an issue? Someone running for Pres... and HERE we are kids.