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and what is that “slide”?
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and what is that “slide”?”
Read and understand Article II of the Constitution......
just because the dems got away with ignoring the Presidential eligibility requirements due to a perfect storm of political circumstances, and long term manuvering to install a throughly socialist candidate in the White House, doesn’t mean we should attempt to ignore it also and attempt the same coup. That is the “slide away from the Constitution” I’m talking about. But you knew that already, didn’t you? Your question appears purely rhetorical...and meant to lay a trap.
Rubio, born in the US to legally residing foreign citizen (Cuban) parents, is, under the 14th Amendment, a “born citizen.”
He is not, however, a “nautural born citizen” as understood, and intended by the framers, from their study of 18th century jurists/political thinkers/wrtters, when they used the term in writting Article II; nor as understood and defined by the USSC in numerious citizenship decisions... the principle one being Minor v. Happersett.
Rubio’s 14th amendment birthright citizenship is inmaterial at any rate, because when his parents became naturalized citizens their minor children shared in that naturalization also.
A “naturalized natural born citizen” is an inheirent contradiction of terms and meanings.
A far as citizenship is concerened, Rubio’s covered, 14th Amendment citizen and naturalized......Unlike Obama, there is no doubt Rubio’s a citizen...... unfortunately, just like Obama, he doesn’t meet Article II eligibility requirements because of his lack of two citizen parents.
Sorry as much as I appreciate Rubio’s values/principles/stances, defense of the American mores, his charisma/clarity, etc., he doesn’t meet Constitutional eligibility requirements for the position of POTUS. He knows it, and has often said he is not a candidate for the executive position(s).
I wish people would stop trying to push Republicans/conservatives/Conservatives to think that Rubio is eligible, and he should/will run if given enough “grass roots” pushing. It does a great dis-service to all of us, effectively serving to “legitimize” Obama’s unconstitutional assumption of power and subsequent reign of terror on the US body politic. They should be ashamed of themselves for being so short sighted.