| Elliott Hird on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:41:24 -0700 (MST) |
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| Re: [s-d] Imagine if B's strict interpretation of the Rules were applied to the US Constitution... |
ahh, ok :) On 13/01/2009, Jay Campbell <bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > No Person except: > > 1) a natural born Citizen, or > > 2) a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this > Constitution, > > shall be eligible to the Office of President. > > > > Elliott Hird wrote: >> actually, how else can that be interpreted? >> >> On 12 Jan 2009, at 23:55, 0x44 wrote: >> >>> 'The Constitution clearly states: >>> >>> "No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United >>> States, /at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution/, shall be >>> eligible to the Office of President ..." >>> >>> According to my reading of the wording, this means that no-one who >>> was not a Citizen of the USA, natural born or otherwise, /on >>> September 17, 1787/ is eligible for the Presidency.' >>> >>> - Aeschenkarnos >>> (http://www.boingboing.net/2009/01/12/unintentionally-funn.html#comment-376864) >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> 0x44; >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> spoon-discuss mailing list >>> spoon-discuss@xxxxxxxxx >>> http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/spoon-discuss >> >> _______________________________________________ >> spoon-discuss mailing list >> spoon-discuss@xxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/spoon-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > spoon-discuss mailing list > spoon-discuss@xxxxxxxxx > http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/spoon-discuss > _______________________________________________ spoon-discuss mailing list spoon-discuss@xxxxxxxxx http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/spoon-discuss