At the time the Constitution was framed the words "natural" and "native" were synonyms. In both cases the root is "nat" which means to be born or to spring forth. In both cases the original meaning when in context with citizenship would be a citizen who is not made but born.
As the Supreme Court has pointed out the Constitution was written in the language of British common law, and the term 'natural born' is an English phrase that comes straight from British common law, not Vattel.
It seems that you can't grasp the concept that the word "citizen" is generic for ANY citizen. It's not some special kind of citizen. Your argument is like saying ice cream is a special flavor of ice cream. There are only two kinds of citizens, natural born and naturalized. Both are citizens. Get it?
"Who are natural born citizens but those born within the Republic? Those born within the Republic, whether black or white, are citizens by birth--natural born citizens."
It seems many people making comments here cannot grasp the point that there are two different terms, "born a citizen", and "natural born citizen", with two different definitions. I suggest that if you think anchor babies can legally (constitutionally) become president, please listen to this video again.
@ehsidog No the definition of NBC does not come from the Law of Nations , comes from the CONSTITUTION, go read it and read about JUS SOLI. Born here=natural born parents citizenship is irrelevant. Ask any illegal alien crossing the border to have her baby here, that baby can even run for president. Birther no you can't re-write the Constitution to discredit a perfect eligible president.
@UseeMeTube60 The definition comes from the Law of Nations ... look up on google ... "natural born citizen constitution" ... then look up the "law of nations constitution" on google ... then look up "the law of nations natural born citizen" ... your answer becomes clear ...
@UseeMeTube60 Titus is just a birther. Go to Constitutional Topic: citizenship. A person doesn't need 2 citizen parents to be NBC, if this were true Mitt Romney couldn't be running for president. His father was born in Mexico.
At the time the Constitution was framed the words "natural" and "native" were synonyms. In both cases the root is "nat" which means to be born or to spring forth. In both cases the original meaning when in context with citizenship would be a citizen who is not made but born.
As the Supreme Court has pointed out the Constitution was written in the language of British common law, and the term 'natural born' is an English phrase that comes straight from British common law, not Vattel.
Mystylplx 1 week ago
@rtinsavannah
It seems that you can't grasp the concept that the word "citizen" is generic for ANY citizen. It's not some special kind of citizen. Your argument is like saying ice cream is a special flavor of ice cream. There are only two kinds of citizens, natural born and naturalized. Both are citizens. Get it?
Mystylplx 4 weeks ago
@rtinsavannah
Actually he was quite knowledgeable.
"Who are natural born citizens but those born within the Republic? Those born within the Republic, whether black or white, are citizens by birth--natural born citizens."
~John Bingham
Mystylplx 4 weeks ago
@Mystylplx Evidently John Bingham is not very knowledgeable, either.
rtinsavannah 4 weeks ago
It seems many people making comments here cannot grasp the point that there are two different terms, "born a citizen", and "natural born citizen", with two different definitions. I suggest that if you think anchor babies can legally (constitutionally) become president, please listen to this video again.
rtinsavannah 4 weeks ago
@CAPTDAX The country of the father is therefore that of the children?
mmmm then Romney is Mexican and Santorum is Irish/Italian.
clarity023 1 month ago
@ehsidog No the definition of NBC does not come from the Law of Nations , comes from the CONSTITUTION, go read it and read about JUS SOLI. Born here=natural born parents citizenship is irrelevant. Ask any illegal alien crossing the border to have her baby here, that baby can even run for president. Birther no you can't re-write the Constitution to discredit a perfect eligible president.
clarity023 1 month ago
@UseeMeTube60 The definition comes from the Law of Nations ... look up on google ... "natural born citizen constitution" ... then look up the "law of nations constitution" on google ... then look up "the law of nations natural born citizen" ... your answer becomes clear ...
ehsidog 1 month ago
@sophiem091 NO you don't need 2 citizen parents to be NBC if you were born in US soil. JUS SOLI.
clarity023 1 month ago
@UseeMeTube60 Titus is just a birther. Go to Constitutional Topic: citizenship. A person doesn't need 2 citizen parents to be NBC, if this were true Mitt Romney couldn't be running for president. His father was born in Mexico.
clarity023 1 month ago