[Lurking Libertarian]

I’d like to hear more about the reasoning behind this as well. Where does it say that a dual-citizen, or a non-citizen, or simply being born here like an anchor baby, is considered a natural born citizen, qualified for the office of the president? It’s contradictory to the obvious loyalty requirements. One could strongly argue that any ruling that even grants anchor babies citizenship at all is wholly un-Constitutional, but to then say this might also grant them natural born citizen status and be qualified to be the president of the entire country, is absurd on the face of it.

There is no Supreme Court case that has explicitly discussed this in terms of eligibility for President, but the Wong Kim Ark case, the Supreme Court's leading decision on the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, says that there are only two classes of citizens-- naturalized and natural born. If someone was born here, he wasn't naturalized, and is therefore natural born.

Obama has made no secret of his dual citizenship from birth, but no one-- not Hillary in the primaries, not McCain in the general election, no court, and no member of the House and Senate when they met to certify the electoral votes-- has questioned his status as a NBC.

[nominal]

Except they did not rule Wong Kim Ark as a natural born citizen, so that doesn’t work. Anything else?

I don’t think the actions, or lack thereof, of the current political leadership is indicative of the right or wrong of the issue... You may trust them to do the right thing, I do not.

[tractorman]

“but no one...has questioned his status as a NBC”

That alone makes me think the fix is is. Where is the patriotic opposition?

[real_patriotic_american]

I questioned Obama’s lack of natural born status from before the General Election. I wrote Senators, Secretary of States and Judges. It’s time for the courts to subpoena Obama’s original birth certificate (and I believe that this will prove him ineligible).