Just thinking out loud.
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Not under the current legal regime - if you are born on American soil, you are a natural born citizen. That’s the only legal analysis that is relevant.
Been telling people this all week. we can justify all we want why she is not fit, but unless the current legal definition of a natural born citizen is clarified by the Supreme Court, she is eligible. Our constitution did not define “natural born citizen”. The most recent Supreme Court court case ruling in 1898 only gave two exceptions to someone being born in the United States, but not inheriting citizenship, and she does not meet either one of those definitions:
Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth.
Tactics. This is the actual info.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h9PxdDvgQks
How do we know she's right?
Sauce and context. Well respected.
We are not subjects, we are citizens. It’s in the blood, not the geography.
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Under the 14th Amendment's Naturalization Clause and the Supreme Court case of United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 US. 649, anyone born on U.S. soil and subject to its jurisdiction is a natural born citizen, regardless of parental citizenship.
Wong case granted citizenship. It didn’t make him a natural born citizen.
She’s wrong. Don’t shoot the messenger.
No shooting necessary. I have done a lot of research on this over the years. The enemy has improperly used the 14 th amendment against America for decades. I do believe this should be made very clear with legislation.