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To: DiogenesLamp

No doubt you are aware, if establishing eligibility for holding the office of President of the U.S.A. is the basis of the little fable you have posited, that it is also required that both parents of a prospective candidate for said office be citizens of the U.S.A. at the time of his/her birth, no matter where birth occurred.


13 posted on 08/31/2011 10:05:46 AM PDT by Elsiejay
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To: Elsiejay
No doubt you are aware, if establishing eligibility for holding the office of President of the U.S.A. is the basis of the little fable you have posited, that it is also required that both parents of a prospective candidate for said office be citizens of the U.S.A. at the time of his/her birth, no matter where birth occurred.

I agree. That is the basis for pushing jus soli to it's ridiculous conclusions.

24 posted on 08/31/2011 11:12:28 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp (1790 Congress: No children of a foreign father may be a citizen.)
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