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WKA did deal with the issue, and as you point out, decided that a person born with two alien parents is indeed a natural born citizen, and thus a citizen.

So why were you saying in your original reply that I was wrong? I only have one alien parent who was born in the Philippines when it was an American territory.

937 posted on 04/27/2011 10:54:54 AM PDT by Pyro7480 ("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)

In my original reply, I wrote:

“Well, in 1844 you would have been eligible, but in 2008 a new legal principle was discovered - ignore the law and worship Vattel.”

I was being sarcastic, since many birthers dumped all legal rulings and started claiming - in 2008 - that someone with an alien parent could not become President.

I then posted a link to a well thought out legal decision, made in 1844 concerning inheriting property, that explained in detail WHY a natural born citizen of the US can have zero, one, or two citizen parents.

946 posted on 04/27/2011 11:00:17 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (Poor history is better than good fiction, and anything with lots of horses is better still)