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    If the original US Constitution would have explicitly prohibited naturalized citizens from serving in Congress/SCOTUS/Cabinet, how long until repeal?

    You're not thinking like a nativist. And those who would face more electoral competition from immigrants would be very eager to think like nativists.
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    If the original US Constitution would have explicitly prohibited naturalized citizens from serving in Congress/SCOTUS/Cabinet, how long until repeal?

    Nothing. This isn't about foreigners being lesser. It's about them being foreigners.
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    If the original US Constitution would have explicitly prohibited naturalized citizens from serving in Congress/SCOTUS/Cabinet, how long until repeal?

    I'd forgotten that wasn't done during reconstruction. I still don't think anyone would be sympathetic enough about naturalized aliens to push any change through. American blacks are nearly all natural born citizens and first generation African immigrants have a different identity...
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    If the original US Constitution would have explicitly prohibited naturalized citizens from serving in Congress/SCOTUS/Cabinet, how long until repeal?

    No. No amendments were passed from the civil rights movement. Why should native born blacks concern themselves with naturalized aliens not being able to hold federal office more than the ERA? And the ERA didn't get ratified by enough states to pass until long after its deadline. Something...
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    If the original US Constitution would have explicitly prohibited naturalized citizens from serving in Congress/SCOTUS/Cabinet, how long until repeal?

    It would not have been amended. Amendments require either a constitutional convention or a senate vote. Senators would be happy not to face competition and the alternate mechanism for amendment has never been used.
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