[kittykat77]

The US government never requires citizens -- even those running for president/vice president -- to establish they are natural born citizens. To me, this means the US government does not view natural born citizen as a distinct category of citizenship.

Correct me if I'm wrong: Has the United States government ever demanded that a United States citizen prove he was a natural born citizen?

[glennaro]

I am not aware of the "natural born citizen" requirement for any position, office or administrative reason, except for the office of POTUS that is clearly presented in the Constitution.

If the American people see this as no longer a necessary requirement, well, there's a process that must be followed to change the Constitutional requirement -- to do otherwise is to set a dreadful precedent.

[PA-RIVER]

The only reason to check for Natural Born Citizenship is in the process of determining a President. It is a constitutional obligation.

McCain was tested for his “Natural Born Citizenship” by congress before he ran for President. He was qualified because both his parents were Americans at the time of his birth.

Obama was not, because he would not pass the test. It was a brilliant move by Dems to focus on McCain and then be generous to allow him to run. They had no issues running against a feeble old man. Getting Obamma past this requirement was their motive. (IE, “We gave you a gold plated pass for your Panamanian born senator, now leave us alone.”)

That opened the door for Obama to get in without being given a natural born citizen test.

Believe me, the fact that Obamma was not tested like McCain was not an accident. Harry Ried was running the show, and he slected Obama to run. We have never seen any original documents for Obama, and he was in fact born a British subject. As a matter of Fact, not opinion, we now have a "British born subject" running the American government.