After Obama
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In 2024, Barack Obama was on the ballot. The two Democratic presidential
nominees, one of whom he ousted, was his former VP and the other had made
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A Natural Born Citizen is simply a citizen who has not been naturalized. Naturalized citizens are not eligible. Why not? Because the writers of the Constitution believed that they would still have some allegiance to the country where they were born.
ReplyDeleteIn contrast, Natural Born Citizens, citizens who have not been naturalized, are eligible. Why? Because the framers believed that if you were born in the USA, your allegiance would be to the USA. They did not believe that dual nationality affected allegiance. All US born children of foreign citizens are eligible regardless of the number of their parents who were citizens at the moment of birth.
The definition of Natural Born Citizen is:
"“Natural born citizen. Persons who are born within the jurisdiction of a national government, i.e. in its territorial limits, or those born of citizens temporarily residing abroad.” — Black’s Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition."
All US-born citizens are Natural Born Citizens. That is why such prominent conservative Senators who are also lawyers as Orren Hatch and Lindsay Graham say that a Natural Born Citizen is simply one who was born in the USA:
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), said:
“Every child born in the United States is a natural-born United States citizen except for the children of diplomats.” (December 11, 2008 letter to constituent)
Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT), said:
“What is a natural born citizen? Clearly, someone born within the United States or one of its territories is a natural born citizen.” (Senate Judiciary Committee hearing hearing on OCTOBER 5, 2004