but no, the canadian should not be president if he was born in austin texas of davy crockett and james bowie taking turns on qanah parker's youngest wife.
Constitutional law professor comments on the Canadian
- (malraux)
- (11)
- Jan. 12, 2016, 03:49:25 PM EST
Yup.. [unless QED too..? has been abolished in Newspeak.]
-NT
- (Ashton)
- Jan. 12, 2016, 04:22:11 PM EST
Interesting. I'm sure there are good arguments on the other side though.
- (Another Scott)
- (7)
- Jan. 12, 2016, 04:50:55 PM EST
But, the Canal Zone was under US jurisdiction at the time..
- (a6l6e6x)
- (6)
- Jan. 12, 2016, 06:00:16 PM EST
Yup.
- (Another Scott)
- Jan. 12, 2016, 06:19:39 PM EST
About that military base thingy
- (scoenye)
- (4)
- Jan. 20, 2016, 06:06:13 PM EST
yes and no, Indian Reservations are sovreign, but since 1920 poeple born in them are citizens, sorta
-NT
- (boxley)
- (2)
- Jan. 20, 2016, 07:44:09 PM EST
That's yet another a whole can of worms...
- (scoenye)
- (1)
- Jan. 20, 2016, 08:31:21 PM EST
the equivelent of states sorta
- (boxley)
- Jan. 20, 2016, 11:22:31 PM EST
Panama Canal Zone was more than a military base.
- (a6l6e6x)
- Jan. 20, 2016, 10:29:09 PM EST
Well, we ignored the 12th amendment in 2000, so why does the Constitution matter now?
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- Jan. 13, 2016, 08:11:16 AM EST
well if you are quoting blackstone, he does meet the criteria of being born on english soil :-)
- (boxley)
- Jan. 13, 2016, 11:09:09 AM EST
