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To: HiTech RedNeck

It does envisage the globe trotter from birth. That’s why it specifies that to be eligible the person shall have “been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.”


132 posted on 09/16/2016 2:11:37 PM PDT by Styria
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To: Styria

Been 14 years... that hardly treats the raised-as-foreigner problem.


134 posted on 09/16/2016 4:09:43 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Styria

“been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.” That seemingly random number was selected to allow Alexander Hamilton to be eligible. He was a member of the Committee on Style which decided on the wording and, it just so happens, he arrived in the colonies exactly fourteen years before the ratification.


135 posted on 09/16/2016 4:24:11 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Nationalist, Patriot, Trumpman)
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