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To: plenipotentiary
The NBC clause was introduced before Naturalised Citizens existed in the US.

Nonsense. The states were naturalizing citizens under the Articles of Confederation, which is why the Constitution gave Congress the power to establish a "uniform Rule of Naturalization" (Art. I, sec. 8, cl. 4).

69 posted on 01/14/2010 3:47:33 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: Lurking Libertarian

If the Constitution meant Naturalised Citizens couldn’t be President, why did they invent the term “Natural Born Citizen”?


104 posted on 01/14/2010 8:33:15 PM PST by plenipotentiary (Obama was a BRITISH SUBJECT at birth, passed to him via Pops, can't be NBC)
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