This article is yet another example of why the “Birther” argument was impossible to make.
It’s too complicated. People were never educated about the presidential qualification of being a “natural born citizen” but everyone has their misconceptions about “citizenship”.
As I started to read this article from, in my mind, a premiere source, this glaring error stopped me in my tracks.
” A dual national is not a “natural born citizen” under Article II of the U.S. Constitution.”
FALSE! It says no such thing. Now, since Obama senior was not a U.S. citizen at the time of junior’s birth (in fact, he NEVER was), so Barry CAN NOT be a “natural born citizen”. Dual citizenship has NOTHING to do with it.
Common sense question. Why would the United States allow a foreign country to determine the status of your AMERICAN citizenship? THEY DON’T!
While having “dual citizenship” might be a political liability, it is NOT a constitutional disqualifier.
Ted Cruz renounced his Canadian citizenship as a fig leaf since he couldn’t be UNBORN in Canada.
That is why your “natural born” status is determined at the time of your birth. A specific time that can not be altered. Your status and your parents’ (plural) status at THAT specific moment in time.
What citizenship status a FOREIGN government bestows on you at that time ...... is IRRELEVANT!
There were many who felt the NBC requirement was too restrictive, they wanted to run Arnold, or Cruz, or Rubio.......