More Fun and Games from November, 2010:
On Tuesday, November 2, 2010 1:11:38 PM UTC-4, KeithInTampa wrote: > > Hey Michael! > > Some good points that you mention, and some I even agree with. > > In my humble opinion, I think you are misguided on others. > > *"We, the People OF THE UNITED STATES"* is the correct phrase. > > The Founders then went on in Article One, Section Eight, Clause One, and > wrote: > > > *"The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts > and Excises, to pay the Debts and PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON DEFENSE AND > GENERAL WELFARE of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises > shall be uniform throughout the United States;* > With regard to your claim that immigration and naturalization are not the > same thing; I agree they are not, but the two concepts are tied to the hip. > > In Federalist Paper Number 42, James Madison wrote about the concept. > Here is is by the way: > > http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed42.asp > > Prior to the Constitution's inception and the first Naturalization Act of > 1790, the States were the ones who dictated Naturalization policy. By > 1795, the Congress framed the first Immigration and Naturalization Act (of > 1795, and of which I have written to you previously about!!) the > key criteria for citizenship of the Naturalization Act of 1795 remain part > of American law to this date: (1) five years of (lawful) residence within > the United States; (2) a "good moral character, attached to the principles > of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good > order and happiness of the United States"; (3) the taking of a formal oath > to support the Constitution and to renounce any foreign allegiance; and (4) > the renunciation of any hereditary titles. > > Most importantly, the 1795 Act, as is the law today, requires that any > new citizen must "absolutely and entirely renounce" any previous > allegiance to any other Nation-State. Somehow, the Obama Administration, > (as well as the Bush Administration) forgot this most important aspect!! > > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
