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To: Michael Michael

Do you think the Framers would have considered the son of a British subject a natural born citizen?


104 posted on 03/05/2009 5:55:17 PM PST by Velveeta
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To: Velveeta
Do you think the Framers would have considered the son of a British subject a natural born citizen?

Absolutely.

He would have been a natural born citizen under the English common law, which is what prevailed with regard to citizenship after the Revolution.


109 posted on 03/05/2009 6:30:30 PM PST by Michael Michael
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