mnottertail
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we would like to see that proof 1) they owned it, memorizing every word and holding it as pure gospel, and 2) it affected the usual meaning of 'natural born' or 'citizen' or 'natural born citizen'. c.1300, naturel, "of one's inborn character, of the world of nature (especially as opposed to man)," from O.Fr. naturel, from L. naturalis "by birth, according to nature," from natura "nature" (see nature). Meaning "easy, free from affectation" is attested from c.1600. As a euphemism for "illegitimate, bastard" (of children), it is first recorded 1580s, on notion of blood kinship (but not legal status). The noun sense of "person with a natural gift or talent" is first attested 1925, originally in prizefighting. Natural-born first attested 1580s. Natural order "apparent order in nature" is from 1690s. Natural childbirth first attested 1933. Natural life, usually in ref. to the duration of life, is from late 15c. Natural history is from 1560s (see history). To die of natural causes is from 1570s. If you read any, and I mean any biography of Alexander Hamilton, for example you will see the term natural born in describing his entry upon the earth. Now a far more viable argument could be made that the natural born citizen clause would in effect upend what at that time been the historical heritage of passing 'provenance' from the patriarch (an uncertain lineage and very british) to 'provenence' defined by the matriarch. Why might they do this? Well, it was reasonably common for slaveholders to do the horizontal boogie with their slave girls, and it would prevent such as Obama from becoming president and making slaves of all the white people. Now, while one could point out that there must have been a white woman tatting in the tweeds with a black man, the mores of society and double standard would pretty much force them to give away the baby or to leave society altogether. So, they were saying a bastard child (cuz we definitely know who the mother is) could be president (thumbing noses at the limeys) but not a man's bastard quadroon. but the terms natural, born, citizen all existed before Vattel, as did many things. So did the words: the, whale, is, undoubtably, one, of, largest, mammals, alive, today. When we combine them in the phrase: 'The whale is undoubtably one of the largest mammals alive today'. We see that they do not impart some secret or phantasmigorical poignant meaning that transcends and transmogrifies their separate meaning. All we are confronted with is an unremarkable and self-evident tautology. How does 'we the people' differ in the mystical properties of 'natural born citizen', since it comes at the forefront, and is the nail in the foot to spin on, we should get a SCOTUS ruling on this, and then wend our way word for word down the document... Then the vast panorama of secretive and ancient mystical knowledge will lead us all into enlightened states, and the shithouse lawyering and hyperbolic rhetoric can be fought to the death to save our union on paper from the evil empires that surround us. Mordancy or persiflage?
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