Recent threads on the issue of Natural Born citizenship of had hundreds of replies here on Free Republic.
There is no Free Republic consensus on this subject. I don’t know if the 14th amendment has anything to do with presidential eligibility.
It doesn’t matter. No one is going to vote for Hatchet Face anyway.
Has the Natural Born Citizen or the Anchor Baby issue ever been decided in the Supreme Court?
What about anchor babies?
To my knowledge, the Anchor Baby - automatic citizenship issue has never been challenged in the Supreme Court.
Also, to my knowledge, the Anchor Baby - Natural Born Citizen (eligible for President) issue has never been challenged in the Supreme Court.
Obama getting elected twice effectively nullified the NBC requirement.
Please help.
Can’t, until the federal court system rules on the subject its simply a matter of opinion. The court have never addressed the issue.
Since the court refused to take the case of Obama, it is now the accepted legal standard that citizenship granted at birth whether by blood or place meets the standard.
Obama is a peculiar case. It is not certain that his father was even Barack Hussein Obama Senior, native of Kenya (18 June 1934 – 24 November 1982). His genetic father was more likely Frank Marshall Davis (December 31, 1905 – July 26, 1987), an American journalist, poet, political and labor movement activist.
I want to see a DNA test. It may turn out, that neither man was Barack Hussein Obama’s genetic father, and that would muddy things up a lot.
You must think the constitution means anything anymore....
If her parents decided to leave the United States, the United States had no jurisdiction to stop them from taking her with them, again, because they were not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States until they became citizens years later.
Your friend is correct. You don't have to like it. I don't like it. But that's the law.
Even if she got the nomination it would be a total blow out. She might win a handful of states.
That's the view of NBC conspiracy theorists who cannot point to "their" definition of NBC. She was born in the US, therefore like Vivek she is eligible. That she is a horrible choice for president is a separate matter.
Questions about Obama's eligibility on the other hand were due to lack of a birth certificate, not parents' citizenship status.
Babies born in USA (50 states) are citizens.
18USC ch12 (III)(1) 1401
If you are born in the USA there is no stipulation that your parents have to US citizens. It just is by law.
Sorry 8 USC (12) (III) (1) 1401
I’m usually dealing with 18USC so I fat fingered it.
my parents were not US citizens when i was born in the US and I am a citizen.
I’m not a Haley fan at all, but my understanding is that she wasn’t an anchor baby because her parents were here legally and followed the law (not US citizens, but with a green card, I guess). Since her parents were subject to the jurisdiction of the US, she is legitimately a natural-born US citizen. (This is not the same as Obama, whose birth is still shrouded in mystery.)
Haley would still be a terrible choice for the Presidency (or the Vice Presidency) though.
‘’’Nimarata’’’ Nikki Haley (née Randhawa.