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The Boston Globe, November 9, 1896: “native born” does not equal “natural born” for Presidential eligibility.
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Anonymous Coward |
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It is legally quite clear, regardless of what a lawyer named Percy opined in 1896; if you're 'native' born, i.e. born ON U.S. territory, or registered at birth by American parents, you are a 'native' or 'natural' born American and legally entitled to be president. Doesn't matter legally if your parents are naturalized [foreign-born] citizens. Percy was arguing the difference between two words, native and natural. He wrote an amusing, fun article meant for non-professionals of the legal profession. But he was wrong and the courts wouldn't back up his premise.
Laws regarding automatic citizenship to all births that occur on U.S. territory is the issue. If Americans are dissatisfied with this, this Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment has to be altered/changed.
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