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To: SoConPubbie
The Supreme Court of the United States has never applied the term “natural born citizen” to any other category than “those born in the country of parents who are citizens thereof”.

"The citizenship of no man could be previous to the declaration of independence, and, as a natural right, belongs to none but those who have been born of citizens since the 4th of July, 1776."....David Ramsay, 1789.

A Dissertation on Manner of Acquiring Character & Privileges of Citizen of U.S.-by David Ramsay-1789

The Law of Nations or the Principles of Natural Law (1758)

The Biggest Cover-up in American History

3 posted on 08/26/2013 1:56:23 PM PDT by Godebert
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To: Godebert
"The citizenship of no man could be previous to the declaration of independence, and, as a natural right, belongs to none but those who have been born of citizens since the 4th of July, 1776."....David Ramsay, 1789.

David Ramsay was a good man and a decent historian, but his views on citizenship were voted down by James Madison and the first House of Representatives, which included half a dozen or so Framers of the Constitution, 36 to 1.

That's pretty much unanimous.

So you could hardly find someone LESS representative of the views of the Founders and Framers if you quoted Satan himself.

89 posted on 08/26/2013 3:50:35 PM PDT by Jeff Winston (Yeah, I think I could go with Cruz in 2016.)
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