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To: Drew68

Hi Drew. What do you think defines a Natural Born Citizen for the purposes of choosing a US President?


23 posted on 10/12/2009 1:41:22 PM PDT by plenipotentiary (Obama was a BRITISH SUBJECT at birth, passed to him via Pops, can't be NBC)
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To: plenipotentiary
Hi Drew. What do you think defines a Natural Born Citizen for the purposes of choosing a US President?

1.) Born in the United States. Period.

2.) Born outside the United States where at least one natural parent must have been a U.S. citizen when the child was born and the U.S. citizen parent(s) must have resided or been physically present in the United States for the time required by the law in effect when the child was born.

In short, I believe that if Obama was born in Hawaii, he's eligible. If Obama was born in Kenya, his eligibility is questionable. I've seen no compelling evidence whatsoever that Obama was born anywhere else but Hawaii and even if he was I strongly doubt that the courts would find him ineligible by virtue of his mother's citizenship, if they even take up the case at all. I suspect that in the million-to-one chance an eligibility case gets argued before the USSC, the high court would punt it back to congress where the procedures for removing a president are laid out.

28 posted on 10/12/2009 3:07:41 PM PDT by Drew68
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