You don’t have any idea of what you’re talking about. Minor vs Hapersett established legal scotus precedent that the natural born citizen definition = two citizen parents & born of this soil.
Freerepublic is such a tremendous resource and place of learning- we truly are blessed for what Jim has created her.
PS to everyone: am I the only freeper that looks forward to what Spaulding posts on this topic? Hope he chimes in on this one, it looks to be a great find.
17 posted on December 29, 2011 11:24:45 AM GMT+09:00 by mills044 (Don't Tread on Me)"
You are not. I am a fan of Spaulding's posts also. They're usually lengthy but worth the time.
That said, the main takeaway of this piece is that it serves to point up the fact that at this cited historical juncture, just plain citizenship of children born to one or more aliens on US soil was contested, if not outright denied, let alone Natural Born citizenship, an issue which was addressed soundly in Minor vs Happersett:
“At common-law, with the nomenclature of which the framers of the Constitution were familiar, it was never doubted that all children born in a country of parents who were its citizens became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also. These were natives, or natural-born citizens, as distinguished from aliens or foreigners. Some authorities go further and include as citizens children born within the jurisdiction without reference to the citizenship of their parents. As to this class there have been doubts, but never as to the first.”
Sounds pretty plain to me, what the description of a Natural Born Citizen is. Presuming Barry is telling the truth about his origins (which he very well could not be), he would not be eligible to presidential office unless SCOTUS were to rule otherwise, so as to remove the doubts. Remember, we're talking about the most powerful office in the world; when you're determining presumed loyalty to the country, and hence eligibility, you don't want doubts.