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Your link is from page 629 of the document. My link provided is from page 619 of the same document, where the author explicitly states that your cited text was written by Hamilton as the Constitutional Convention was closing and was only noteworthy because it showed the personal view of Hamilton.
"Should Cruz become the Republican nominee, Grayson has promised to challenge Cruz's candidacy -- and Grayson believes Cruz hasn't exactly been honest with voters when he tells them the law is "simple and straightforward." "All that Cruz has done is wave his hands in the air and claimed that it's settled law when it's not," Grayson told The Huffington Post on Friday. Grayson -- who, like Cruz, is a Harvard Law graduate -- said he would sue election officials if they certified Cruz's eligibility, and he thinks it's a legitimate question whether Cruz is a natural born citizen."
Could Congress have cleared this up years ago/decades ago simply by writing a law that defines natural born citizen better? After McCain lost should he have gone back to the Senate and written that bill?
I will note that the Marchioness Trump (as an official candidate for president) does have 'standing' to file suit against Rafael Edward Cruz, born in Canada, if he (Trump) wishes to have a court make a decision about his (Cruz, of Canada)'s standing clarified.
Your link is from page 629 of the document. My link provided is from page 619 of the same document, where the author explicitly states that your cited text was written by Hamilton as the Constitutional Convention was closing and was only noteworthy because it showed the personal view of Hamilton.
Sigh...
The only version submitted for adoption to the Constitutional Convention came out of the Committee of Eleven. It was "natural born citizen." Hamilton's "born a citizen" draft suggestion was rejected. There were also several other suggestions made by Hamilton on various other topics which didn't make it out of Committee, weren't submitted to the Convention, and subsequently also weren't adopted.
"Born a citizen" does not equal "natural born citizen."
The only version submitted for adoption to the Constitutional Convention came out of the Committee of Eleven. It was "natural born citizen." Hamilton's "born a citizen" draft suggestion was rejected.
Hamilton's "draft suggestion" was never submitted to the Committee of Eleven. In your own cited documentation, it clearly states that it was sent to J.M. (James Madison) at the close of deliberation - well after the Committee of Eleven already submitted its own first draft.
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There were also several other suggestions made by Hamilton on various other topics which didn't make it out of Committee, weren't submitted to the Convention, and subsequently also weren't adopted.
"Born a citizen" does not equal "natural born citizen."
Here's an image George Washington's personal copy of the first draft of the Constitution, submitted to the Convention on August 6 by the Committee of Eleven, which created the first draft (Link). Please note that the document is covered with Washington's own hand-written comments.
From the text (Article X, Section 1):
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The Executive Power of the United States shall be vested in a single person. His stile shall be, "The President of the United States of America;" and his title shall be, "His Excellency." He shall be elected by ballot by the Legislature. He shall hold his office during the term of seven years; but shall not be elected a second time.
Note - no citizenship requirement for the office. The John Jay letter didn't change 'born a citizen' to 'natural born citizen'.
i'd like to see the SCOTUS and/or congress resolve this beyond any specifics of cruz/obama.
As would I.
There was a chance to resolve McCain's and Cruz's issue in 2004 with S. 2128, but it never made it out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Why would it not go forward if everyone was so sure that foreign-born children born to US citizen parents were NBCs for Constitutional purposes?
Hamilton's "draft suggestion" was never submitted to the Committee of Eleven.
Based on what? The records only indicate it wasn't submitted to the Convention for adoption. We already know that. The Committee of Eleven changed the requirement from "born a citizen" to "natural born citizen" before submitting it to the Convention for adoption.
i think i asked you this question before ( and apologies for forgetting if i did ) but would you accept the verdict if the SCOTUS rules that NBC = citizen at birth?
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