The child always follows the allegiance of the father. http://www.usnaturalborncitizen.com/meaningofnaturalborn.html
Harris was born Oct. 20, 1964, and her father was a citizen of Jamaica at the time of her birth.
Specifically, Chapter 2 (entitled Citizenship) of the Jamaica Constitution, Section 3C states:
Every person born outside Jamaica shall become a citizen of Jamaica –
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on the sixth day of August 1962, in the case of a person born before that date; or
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on the date of his/her birth, in the case of a person born on or after the sixth day of August 1962,
if, at that date, his/her father or mother is a citizen of Jamaica by birth, descent, or
registration by virtue of marriage to a citizen of Jamaica.
So these nine Presidents had not a single parent who was American when they were born? Please name them.
Also, most caselaw made in the last one hundred years I consider to be complete horseshit written by Commies.
Firstly, that’s moving the goalposts. nowhere in any document or ruling does it say what you are claiming about one or both parents required to be citizens. You are in no way talking about law, but talking about what you wish was law.
Secondly, it is entirely your prerogative to ignore the last hundred years of caselaw, but that’s not the way the country works, or was supposed to work.
To be entirely honest, I find your disregard of the US Constitution and the supreme court to be quite… Liberal
My views stem from the Constitution and if I wasn't clear on the first post that "one parent must be a US citizen at the time of birth" then I will "clarify" it. No need to "move the goalposts".
Of course I mean that at least one parent must be an American at time of birth, and that the person must be born on US soil. The issue with "Natural Born" is what is meant by Natural Born. And the Founders had no concept of an "Anchor Baby". And neither should we. This interpretation of the 14th Amendment is perverted and wrong. The 14th Amendment was authored to be about Freed Slaves. Not whoever wanders onto our patch.
Kamala Harris is not Natural Born. For me she should have not been considered even a citizen, at birth.
And yes, it is my prerogative to disregard Commies telling us what the Constitution says. I agree. We are to interpret the Constitution as it is written, in an Originalist fashion. We are not to "evolve" our thinking or use modern language to interpret as we like.
Except that your view does not stem from the constitution. By all means, please prove me wrong: just show me in the constitution where it says anything even remotely like your claims about one or two parents having been born in the US, or be themselves citizens, to be a citizen. In fact the actual constitution, in the 14th amendment, says something quite different.
No court or authority has ever even tried to interpret natural born as you are choosing to do.
There is no need to interpret anything, or change our modern language in any regard, you simply need to look at the 14th amendment, which shows clearly that Harris is a citizen. The standard interpretation of natural born citizen for the past 200 years, has been born in the United States. Parentage has always been, and will always remain, irrelevant.
That is the way things are.you may wish for things to be different of course, which is fine, but your wishes do not affect the way things are.
I will take your comments under advisement and do further reading. I agree that the Constitution should be clearer on this, and that the subsequent "Naturalization Laws" can become a bit of a slapfest. I still think though that "Natural Born Citizen" is intended to be either a child born to an American Father on US soil, or an American couple anywhere in the world, and under no circumstances should a "Natural Born Citizen" be the child of non-Americans, regardless of place of birth.
Your interpretation of the 14th Amendment is how we got here. If we do not apply it to Freed Slaves, we apply it to everyone, and everyone is a citizen or pretty quickly can be. If there were no Welfare State I might actually agree with that idea. But there is so we can't. Or more importantly "must not". This "Anchor Baby" idea must end.
I never said Harris was not a citizen. I said in my view I don't think she should be. My focus was and is on "Natural Born".
Hmm. "Your interpretation:" in #2 is unintendedly argumentative.
Please read instead "This interpretation". I do not mean to state that you-only-you have this view (if indeed you do [and it seems you do]). I do realize that a lot of people have this view and that it is at this point the "accepted view" (precedent/stare decisis, etc.). I do not agree with it, but that does not mean I am blaming you for it. :)