[Tau Food]

The Constitution states that the president must be a "natural born citizen." I know of no exceptions. i also know that no court has ever disqualified a candidate for president based upon the theories of any dead Swiss philosophers. To me, the most obvious construction of the term "natural born citizen" is that someone was born a citizen. That makes sense to me.

I should think that after 8 years of an Obama presidency, someone who believes that both parents must be citizens at the time of the candidate's birth has some explaining to do and they can begin with the question of why the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (from an opposing party) volunteered to administer the oath to someone who (under these Swiss theories) would be clearly ineligible to serve. And, why did so many of the other justices volunteer not once but twice to attend the celebration of that president's inauguration? If these Swiss theories are so obviously correct, why don't the justices of our Supreme Court see that supposed truth?

[philman_36]

To me, the most obvious construction of the term "natural born citizen" is that someone was born a citizen. That makes sense to me.

What "makes sense to you" has no legal basis.

Again...What law are you using?

There are only two choices...natural law or positive law.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

a "natural born citizen."...the theories of any dead Swiss philosophers.

The word "citizen" came from that "dead Swiss philosopher". All of the framers were previously "subjects"...we don't have those here in the USA.