[bushpilot1]

“What is the legal significance of what we can call “the natural born citizen clause”?

“Anyone born on American soil whose parents are citizens of the United States of American is a “natural born
citizen.”

Illinois Public Law and Legal Theory
Research Papers Series No. 08-17
September 5, 2008
Originalism and the Natural
Born Citizen Clause

Lawrence B. Solum*

*John E. Cribbet Professor of Law, University of Illinois College of Law

This paper can be downloaded without charge from the Social Science Research Network
Electronic Paper Collection:

http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=1263885

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1263885##

[El Gato]

It's interesting that while there is lots of mention of John McCain in that article, the name of Barack Hussein Obama is no where to be found. Just like in the Senate.

The author also never looks to Vattel (sections 212 also 217 for McCain's case and 215 for Obama's), or Historian and President of Congress under the Articles of Confederation, David Ramsay.

Still, the exploration of the differences between a citizen and a subject are useful.