tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555123713188257297.post2732596176040242048..comments2023-12-14T21:55:11.213-05:00Comments on Mitchell Langbert's Blog: Fred on the CertificateMitchell Langberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722335216553899790noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555123713188257297.post-20212293878799155832008-12-22T18:30:00.000-05:002008-12-22T18:30:00.000-05:00For example; every President born post Constiution...For example; every President born post Constiutional adoption, they checked their parents to make sure they were citizens when he was born? Or did they check just the father? Or neither because this is a new invention? <BR/><BR/>Chester Arthur was suspected born in Canada or Ireland yet only the soil of his birth was an issue not that his father was Irish or Canadian at his birth and a Canadian resident for sure at that time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555123713188257297.post-70168255676982859292008-12-22T18:13:00.000-05:002008-12-22T18:13:00.000-05:00"It is a fact that there have been no Presidents w..."It is a fact that there have been no Presidents whose parents were not citizens at his time of birth excluding those exempted in Clause 5."<BR/><BR/>So an originalist can see that lineage did not matter as it was specifically excluded for a generation. Yet once they die out you have to infer lineage though it's not specified?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555123713188257297.post-37475573487617183702008-12-21T15:40:00.000-05:002008-12-21T15:40:00.000-05:00There was nothing said about the birth country of ...There was nothing said about the birth country of prior Presidents parents. It is a fact that there have been no Presidents whose parents were not citizens at his time of birth excluding those exempted in Clause 5.<BR/><BR/>FredAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555123713188257297.post-1659084312796444312008-12-20T19:40:00.000-05:002008-12-20T19:40:00.000-05:00"And Obama does not qualify since his father was a..."And Obama does not qualify since his father was a British subject "at birth" of Obama (it is on his website)"<BR/><BR/>That's not very originalist to infer that on natural born. Many early Presidents had British fathers and, since excepted from natural born status, sons of British men did in fact command our army with nobody even commenting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com