2016 Postmortem

merrily

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13. People born here could be agents of a foreign government, so it's an imperfect standard.

Sun Mar 22, 2015, 01:19 AM

Mar 2015

Then again, a Constitution is not supposed to be a laser.

I don't know if it's outdated, per se. By 1789, some families had been on these shores for 100 years or more. So, they knew the difference between someone who arrived on these shores yesterday, or 20 years ago or several generations ago. They settled on someone being born here as a signal of where the first loyalty is likely to lie.

I have a second cousin who got herself transferred to the US specifically so that she could become a citizen of the US--and she did so fairly quickly. Returned to her native land and votes absentee--Republican--in every Presidential election. Wouldn't want her eligible to be President.

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