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The concept of “citizenship” goes back thousands of years to ancient Greece and Rome whose cultures took many ideas from one of the first civilizations in Europe, Minoan.
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Citizenship In Ancient Times:
“Today in the United States, citizens have a number of powers guaranteed by the Constitution. These rights and privileges include: Freedom of speech and expression, the right to vote in free and fair elections, the right to privacy, the right to a fair and speedy trial, the right to equal treatment under the law.”
Citizenship:
“A citizen is a member of a political community who enjoys the rights and assumes the duties of membership. This broad definition is discernible, with minor variations, in the works of contemporary authors as well as in the entry “citoyen” in Diderot’s and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie.”
Amending The Natural Born Citizen Requirement: Globalization As The Impetus And The Obstacle:
“The natural born citizen requirement in Article II of the United States
Constitution has been called the ‘stupidest provision’ in the Constitution,’ ‘undecidedly un-American,’ 2 ‘blatantly discriminatory,’ 3 and the ‘Constitution’s
worst provision.'”
Qualifications For President And The “Natural Born” Citizenship Eligibility Requirement:
“The Constitution sets out three eligibility requirements to be President: one must be 35 years of age, a resident ‘within the United States’ for 14 years, and a ‘natural born Citizen.'”
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