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Thursday, February 18, 2016
US Citizenship effecting candidates running for president?
Almost all elections for positions in office, have come across a
situation regarding the legitimacy of citizenship for some candidates. Many
people have different opinions of what being a citizen of the United States
means. According to The Constitution of
the United States, the fourteenth amendment, Section 1 “All persons born or
naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are
citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside..” The most
common issue is what “naturalized” means, which is; anyone who is born out of
The United States to both parents who are citizen, also makes the baby one as
well. The other part of this means, if a baby was born outside The United
States, it would be a citizen if the “fathers” were. Therefore, this doesn’t
clarify if that means the citizenship comes only from the father, or if the
mother was a citizen it would make the baby one as well. Given that the issue
to serve as president of The United States, falls under the Federal Government,
the federal laws apply when serving. However, this could also conflict with the
State Government and their laws if they happen to disagree with a person whose
citizenship is in question. This is because their laws apply to their own state which could differ from others. Issues of citizenship and running for office has
happened many times over the years, yet the Supreme Court as of right now,
hasn’t got involved. After researching
this topic, I’ve realized why it’s such a popular argument between candidates.
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Defiantly A huge controversy in this recent elections, and able to bash other candidates with this argument on "Naturally born." What I Found interesting is why the Supreme Court has not got involved? Do you know anything about this?
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