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A Citizen is One Thing, But a Natural Born Citizen is Another By Mario Apuzzo, Esq. November 29, 2015 Understanding that a citizen of the United States (“citizen”) is one thing, but that a natural born citizen of the United States (“natural born citizen”) is another is the key to understanding what a natural born citizen is.   To avoid constitutional error, it is critical that these two classes of citizens not be conflated, confounded, and confused.   There are different way by which one can become a citizen.   But none of that does or should change what a natural born citizen is.    Why is it important that we understand the constitutional distinction between a citizen and a natural born citizen and give the correct meaning to a natural born citizen?  It is important because the Framers looked to the natural born citizen clause, apart from the Electoral College, through its requirement of absolute allegiance and love of country, as a means to provide for t...

Senator Cruz, Senator Rubio, and Governor Jindal Should Not Be Allowed to Participate in the Presidential Debates Because They, Like De Facto President Obama, Are All Not Natural Born Citizens and Therefore Not Eligible to Be President By Mario Apuzzo, Esq. May 25, 2015 Soon, we will see various presidential candidates debate each other for the right to win their party’s nomination for President and ultimately to win the people’s and Electoral College’s vote for that Office.  The organizations that will be sponsoring these presidential debates, Commission on Presidential Debates, Fox News, Fox Business Network, Reagan Library Foundation, Salem Media Group, CNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, Telemundo, and National Review, in keeping with their bylaws, should not allow any person who is not constitutionally eligible for that office to debate.  Allowing constitutionally ineligible candidates to debate will only give the false impression to the American people that such persons are constitutio...

What Do President Obama and Senator Cruz Have In Common?  They Are Both Not Natural Born                                                                    Citizens                                                          By Mario Apuzzo, Esq.                                                               February 20, 2015 Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 provides: “ 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 of...