Perdue (not Frank either)

[Joel S. Berson]

At 3/20/2011 10:57 PM, Garson O'Toole wrote:

>... Other
>provisions, such as the one requiring that the President be a "natural
>born Citizen." may need a reference to historical usage so as to
>exclude certain alternative constructions - conceivably if improbably
>here, a requirement of legitimacy (or illegitimacy!) or non-Caesarian
>birth - but once that "dictionary function" is served, the provision
>becomes relatively easy to apply.

The OED says "1. Having a specified position, nationality, etc., by
birth; native-born."  That would presumably exclude from the
presidency a breech baby.

Joel

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