To: SoConPubbie
>>>Please provide the relevant sections of the U.S. Constitution that clearly and unambiguously define "Natural Born" as requiring two U.S. Citizens at birth. <<<
The Constitution is not a dictionary. The words in it are to be parsed as they were understood in the 18th century.
Explain to me why Chester Arthur lied about his father's lack of citizenship until Arthur was 14 and also burned his personal papers before his death.
It took a historian writing in 2006 to uncover the pertinent facts of his life. Gregory J. Dehler, Chester Alan Arthur: The Life of a Gilded Age Politician and President, Published by Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, 2006, ISBN 1600210791, 9781600210792
From his actions, we can deduce the general understanding of the meaning Natural Born Citizen. ARTHUR LIED BECAUSE HE DID NOT THINK HE WAS ELIGIBLE.
67 posted on
03/06/2015 5:57:38 PM PST by
22cal
(Forgiven, not perfected)
To: 22cal
From his actions, we can deduce the general understanding of the meaning Natural Born Citizen. ARTHUR LIED BECAUSE HE DID NOT THINK HE WAS ELIGIBLE.
Sorry, but constitutionality, where "Natural Born" is concerned, is not about "Deducing" anything. In the here and now, in realityville, constitutionality for any subject in the US is described definitively, by the US Constitution and it's amendments, US Law, and SCOTUS rulings, period.
Your opinion, the opinion of most of the founders, your feelings about the matter are worthless until one of the processes DEFINED by the constitution is followed to change the current definition of "Natural Born" which as of this moment, does not require 2 US Citizens at the point of birth for a US Citizen to be "Natural Born" no matter how much you want it to be.
68 posted on
03/06/2015 8:23:06 PM PST by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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