[meadsjn]

i’m confused. i never said rubio or jindahl are NBCs for the record... just like 0bama... they are not.

I'm so sorry. That reply should have gone to "SvenMagnussen", not to "sten".

To iterate:
Rubio and Jindal are NOT Natural Born Citizens because their parents, at the time of their births, had citizenship in countries other than the USA: and therefore those children born to citizens of those other countries have potential claims to those other countries for citizenship.

A Natural Born Citizen, born in the country to two parents who are themselves citizens, have no divided allegiance. They have no potential claim to citizenship in any other country, neither by blood (through either parent), nor by soil (of any other country).

[SvenMagnussen]

“A Natural Born Citizen, born in the country to two parents who are themselves citizens, have no divided allegiance. They have no potential claim to citizenship in any other country, neither by blood (through either parent), nor by soil (of any other country).”

Thank you, meadsjn. SCOTUS seems to think the definition of natural born citizen has not been completely defined, nor do they think Congress is Constitutionally eligible to define natural born citizen. Email your final draft to SCOTUS immediately.

Finally! I’m sure SCOTUS and the rest of America will be in your debt, now and forever.

[highball]

A Natural Born Citizen, born in the country to two parents who are themselves citizens, have no divided allegiance. They have no potential claim to citizenship in any other country, neither by blood (through either parent), nor by soil (of any other country).

You do realize that this definition excludes every single Jew in the United States, don't you? As well as everyone who had an Irish grandparent?

It's lunacy.

[SvenMagnussen]

You’re attempting to define a phrase that has not been completely and definitively defined. SCOTUS has not completely and definitively defined it and has indicated in opinions the Founding Fathers intended for the phrase to have meaning, but not be completely defined.

Consequently, the only way to determine who is eligible for POTUS is to eliminate those not eligible. Non-citizens are not eligible. Naturalized citizens are not eligible. I think a good argument can be made statutory citizens are not eligible because their Certificates of Citizenship can revoked. A natural born citizen does not have a certificate to be revoked. A natural born citizen can prove they were born in the U.S.A. without a birth certificate through affidavits from the delivery doctor, hospital administrator and pediatrition. A statutory citizen and Naturalized citizen can have their citizenships revoked if they obtained their certificates fraudulently.