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Everyone born in the United States is a natural born citizen and therefore eligible. The only exceptions are for those who, for one reason or another, are immune from the jurisdiction, like foreign diplomats.
Originally posted by ThirdEyeofHorus
That is not true. Now you are using the argument that anyone born here is eligible to be POTUS.
“Subject to the Jurisdiction of the United States”: All children born in and subject, at the time of birth, to the jurisdiction of the United States acquire U.S. citizenship at birth even if their parents were in the United States illegally at the time of birth.
I already told you. The Supreme Court settled this in United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898).
Please show me in case law anywhere to support this claim of yours.
The Constitution nowhere defines the meaning of these words, either by way of inclusion or of exclusion, except in so far as this is done by the affirmative declaration that "all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." In this, as in other respects, it must be interpreted in the light of the common law, the principles and history of which were familiarly known to the framers of the Constitution. ...
The fundamental principle of the common law with regard to English nationality was birth within the allegiance, also called "legality," "obedience," "faith" or "power," of the King. The principle embraced all persons born within the King's allegiance and subject to his protection. Such allegiance and protection were mutual — as expressed in the maxim, protectio trahit subjectionem, et subjectio protectionem — and were not restricted to natural-born subjects and naturalized subjects, or to those who had taken an oath of allegiance; but were predicable of aliens in amity, so long as they were within the kingdom. Children, born in England, of such aliens, were therefore natural-born subjects. ...
It thus clearly appears that by the law of England for the last three centuries, beginning before the settlement of this country, and continuing to the present day, aliens, while residing in the dominions possessed by the Crown of England, were within the allegiance, the obedience, the faith or loyalty, the protection, the power, the jurisdiction, of the English Sovereign; and therefore every child born in England of alien parents was a natural-born subject, unless the child of an ambassador or other diplomatic agent of a foreign State, or of an alien enemy in hostile occupation of the place where the child was born. ...
The same rule was in force in all the English Colonies upon this continent down to the time of the Declaration of Independence, and in the United States afterwards, and continued to prevail under the Constitution as originally established. ...
Mr. Justice Curtis said: "The first section of the second article of the Constitution uses the language, `a natural-born citizen.' It thus assumes that citizenship may be acquired by birth. Undoubtedly, this language of the Constitution was used in reference to that principle of public law, well understood in this country at the time of the adoption of the Constitution, which referred citizenship to the place of birth."
In United States v. Rhodes, (1866) Mr. Justice Swayne, sitting in the Circuit Court, said: "All persons born in the allegiance of the King are natural-born subjects, and all persons born in the allegiance of the United States are natural-born citizens. Birth and allegiance go together. Such is the rule of the common law, and it is the common law of this country, as well as of England." "We find no warrant for the opinion that this great principle of the common law has ever been changed in the United States. It has always obtained here with the same vigor, and subject only to the same exceptions, since as before the Revolution."
Based upon the language of Article II, Section 1, Clause 4 and the guidance provided by Wong Kim Ark, we conclude that persons born within the borders of the United States are "natural born Citizens" for Article II, Section 1 purposes, regardless of the citizenship of their parents. Just as a person "born within the British dominions [was] a natural-born British subject" at the time of the framing of the U.S. Constitution, so too were those "born in the allegiance of the United States [] natural-born citizens."
The 14th Amendment defines citizenship this way: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." But even this does not get specific enough. As usual, the Constitution provides the framework for the law, but it is the law that fills in the gaps. The Constitution authorizes the Congress to do create clarifying legislation in Section 5 of the 14th Amendment; the Constitution, in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4, also allows the Congress to create law regarding naturalization, which includes citizenship.
•Anyone born inside the United States *
•Any Indian or Eskimo born in the United States, provided being a citizen of the U.S. does not impair the person's status as a citizen of the tribe
•Any one born outside the United States, both of whose parents are citizens of the U.S., as long as one parent has lived in the U.S.
•Any one born outside the United States, if one parent is a citizen and lived in the U.S. for at least one year and the other parent is a U.S. national
•Any one born in a U.S. possession, if one parent is a citizen and lived in the U.S. for at least one year
•Any one found in the U.S. under the age of five, whose parentage cannot be determined, as long as proof of non-citizenship is not provided by age 21
•Any one born outside the United States, if one parent is an alien and as long as the other parent is a citizen of the U.S. who lived in the U.S. for at least five years (with military and diplomatic service included in this time)
•A final, historical condition: a person born before 5/24/1934 of an alien father and a U.S. citizen mother who has lived in the U.S.
The Supreme Court already did that in Wong Kim Ark. Natural born citizenship is derived from the common law principle. Vattel was only mentioned once, and by the dissent. Vattel didn’t play a part in the decision of the Court.
Originally posted by ThirdEyeofHorus
So what people are arguing here for is the use of the 14th amendment to determine eligibility of POTUS and whether it was Blackstone, or Vattel or other source that determined our Founding Father's definition of Natural Born Citizen as eligible.
Obama’s mother was 18 when he was born. But even if she was underage, what’s the relevance?
Even if you take these requirements under the 14th Amendment, Stanley Ann was underage and may have been under the jurisdiction of British rule by her marriage to a Kenyan under British jurisdiction.
Then they don’t know what they are talking about either. If the children were born in the United States, they are natural born citizens.
Interestingly, here is a blog declaring 4 out of 5 of Donald Trump's children not to be eligible due to their mother's being foreign nationals.
Speaking today on the Alex Jones Show, investigative journalist Jerome R. Corsi dropped a huge bombshell. Dr. Corsi provided proof that he was alerted to an on-going plot to release a fake more than two months before President Obama released his purported long-form birth certificate.
The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution is one of the post-Civil War Reconstruction Amendments, first intended to secure the rights of former slaves. It was proposed on June 13, 1866, and ratified on July 9, 1868
The amendment provides a broad definition of citizenship, overruling Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) which had excluded slaves and their descendants from possessing Constitutional rights.
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
The 14th Amendment does not address the "natural born citizen" issue, only citizenship.
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Originally posted by boondock-saint
Originally posted by aptness
No, they’re not.
Originally posted by boondock-saint
everyone on this site is a researcher or investigator
oh yea, ur right
i forgot
there are some who are paid
to come here and spew nonsense.
Those aren't researchers,
they are traitors.
You asked me for “case law ... to support this claim of yours.” I have. You responded with links to blogs, and haven’t explained why Wong Kim Ark, for example, must not say what it does.
Originally posted by ThirdEyeofHorus
No, that states that the children are citizens. It says nothing about Natural Born and eligible to be POTUS. You all keep mixing that up.
Originally posted by boondock-saint
Originally posted by alphabetaone
The 20 years I served in the Corps I did for my country.
Mogadishu I did for my country.
Eritrea I did for my country.
Tblisi I did for my country.
No, what you did was further
corporate imperialism in 3rd
world countries who push
a US Petro Dollar for the elites.
Not one single entity you quoted
above attacked the US. That makes
you a mercenary for hire.
Originally posted by boondock-saint
reply to post by Antiquated1
I cannot comment on Corsi's book yet
because I haven't read it yet.
As soon as I get the chance
to read it, I'll get back with ya.
Originally posted by camaro68ss
all these die hard obama fans cant come to terms that there dear leader might be an illegal alien
Originally posted by ThirdEyeofHorus
Originally posted by Antiquated1
Originally posted by ThirdEyeofHorus
reply to post by Antiquated1
That is just deflection and obfuscation. The implication of the resolution is that both the parents must be American citizens at the time of birth, which Barrys Dad was not, no matter where Barry was born.
No, it is the truth. Please show me the resolution in full and explain how you find that implication.
You do know it was a non-binding resolution right? From the same people that "resolved" that Hawaii is Obama's birthplace. Let me guess, what they actually do and say does not matter, just what you think it really meant.
The implication is that both parents must be American citizens. What part of that do you not understand? What part of Barry's father not being American citizen, EVER, do you not understand. McCain was born in Panama while it was under US Jurisdiction. Kenya was never under US jurisdiction, but under British jurisdiction.
Originally posted by something wicked
Originally posted by ThirdEyeofHorus
Originally posted by Antiquated1
Originally posted by ThirdEyeofHorus
reply to post by Antiquated1
That is just deflection and obfuscation. The implication of the resolution is that both the parents must be American citizens at the time of birth, which Barrys Dad was not, no matter where Barry was born.
No, it is the truth. Please show me the resolution in full and explain how you find that implication.
You do know it was a non-binding resolution right? From the same people that "resolved" that Hawaii is Obama's birthplace. Let me guess, what they actually do and say does not matter, just what you think it really meant.
The implication is that both parents must be American citizens. What part of that do you not understand? What part of Barry's father not being American citizen, EVER, do you not understand. McCain was born in Panama while it was under US Jurisdiction. Kenya was never under US jurisdiction, but under British jurisdiction.
Apologies, but that really is close minded, none of your first 3 or four presidents could have stood for office if that was the case - please use some sense.
Section 1 of Article Two of the United States Constitution sets forth the eligibility requirements for serving as President of the United States:
No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
The grandfather provision of the clause provided an exception to the "natural born Citizen" requirement for those persons who were citizens at the time of the adoption of the Constitution. The first several Presidents prior to Martin van Buren, as well as potential Presidential candidates, were born as British subjects in British America before the American Revolution and this grandfather clause would cover them.[1]