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To: sunrise_sunset
It was purposeful change, IMO - to stay in accordance with the Constitution's grandfather clause

at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution
That adoption was not instantaneous, nor was there time limit in the Constitution itself, so the two acts were passed in order to end that time limit.

No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States
The different terms in the two acts were used for the same reason the same exact terms were also used in the grandfather clause - to distinguish between a natural born and naturalized citizen.

28 posted on 01/09/2016 12:56:12 PM PST by MamaTexan (I am a person as created by the Las of Nature, not a person as created by the laws of Man.)
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To: MamaTexan

so the two acts were passed in order to >begin and< end that time limit.


30 posted on 01/09/2016 12:58:21 PM PST by MamaTexan (I am a person as created by the Las of Nature, not a person as created by the laws of Man.)
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