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To: savedbygrace

Since the adoption of the 14th Amendment in 1865, and specifically the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, the courts have consistently ruled that there are two, and only two forms of U.S. citizenship, born citizenship and naturalized citizenship. Born citizens can become president, naturalized citizens cannot become president. Its really that simple.
For example: The Supreme Court’s ruling in Elk v Wilkins, 112 U. S. 94 (1884)
“The distinction between citizenship by birth and citizenship by naturalization is clearly marked in the provisions of the constitution, by which ‘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;’ and ‘the congress shall have power to establish an uniform rule of naturalization.’Const. art. 2, § 1; art. 1, § 8.”

“This section [of the 14th Amendment] contemplates two sources of citizenship, and two sources only: birth and naturalization. The persons declared to be citizens are ‘all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof.’”


134 posted on 02/02/2015 8:22:26 PM PST by Nero Germanicus (PALIN/CRUZ: 2016)
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To: Nero Germanicus

You know it’s not that simple. You also know that the USSC has ruled against the Constitution a number of times. That doesn’t change the Constitution.


137 posted on 02/03/2015 2:39:17 AM PST by savedbygrace (But God!)
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To: Nero Germanicus

You also know that the USSC has never ruled on the natural citizen clause in the Constitution.


138 posted on 02/03/2015 3:03:51 AM PST by savedbygrace (But God!)
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