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ZigmundZag  Title: Grammar Nazi
Posts: 1,211
Registered: 2002-3-25 23:03:00
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Again, you have to apply for it. Barack, Sr. never did so. He was not a citizen, which is what the new birther movement is clinging onto.
It's a moot point, though. Natural-born has long been interpreted to mean someone whose citizenship was conferred upon them at birth. Since his mother was a citizen and he was born in the US, there's no question of this.
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i see
i had just assumed he had applied for it.
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Yukishiro1 Posts: 3,243
Registered: 2002-9-20 23:52:57
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Clackdor posted:
Minor v. Happersett was about women's suffrage and was rendered inapplicable by the Nineteenth Amendment.
And it had nothing to do with the phrase "natural born citizen." The point of Happersett is that voting isn't a right guaranteed to citizens under the constitution.
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Yukishiro1 Posts: 3,243
Registered: 2002-9-20 23:52:57
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NuEM posted:
It's to prevent the British elite from taking over again.
Yeah, it's quite clear the language just means you have to have been eligible for citizenship at birth, and that the reason for it was they were afraid a member of the british royal family might be able to win a presidential election in the future.
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Afio  Title: Belle of the Bull
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Registered: 2002-3-19 16:18:03
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Taliesihne posted:
This argument would mean that neither McCain nor Romney could run.
Mitt's father was born in Chihuahua, Mexico to American parents. I wonder if he has dual citizenship 
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Crooq_Lionfang  Title: Master Zergling
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Registered: 2003-3-11 11:53:17
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Friarspam posted:
In case you thought the "birther" thing was done, we have a lot more stupid to deliver!
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Sin_of_Onin Posts: 1,307
Registered: 2005-6-29 08:21:12
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Of course the birther thing isn't done.
Stupid doesn't sleep.
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