Monthly Archives: May 2009

Defining Natural Born Citizen

While coming tantalizingly close, no US Court  has ever decided the definition of “natural born citizen.” The term was not explained in the debates of the Constitutional Convention, nor the state legislatures when it was ratified, nor by individual framers … Continue reading

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First black winner’s citizenship challenged

Sound familiar? It is, but I’m not talking about Barack Obama; instead this is about the first black man elected to Congress, Hiram Rhodes Revels, in 1871. Here is the story from the Wikipedia: The election of Revels was met … Continue reading

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