http://legalnewsline.com/news/214833-calif.-lawsuit-challenges-mccain-candidacy
Read the complaint from New Hampshire in the post after yours.
He basically has the argument--if a citizen is not born within the geographical confines of the US, he is subject to the sovereignty of some other country by reason of his birth. What the country dictates or might not have dictated is not the issue--what counts is what it could do. That is the reason citizenship at birth under the citizenship statutes is insufficient.
Subject to the issue of where in Panama (which was resolved here by Gatun's posts)he was born, I have always viewed McCain's situation as the clear legal issue. And if it gets to the Supreme Court, I would expect the Court to hold he is not eligible.
In 1964 I was in the US Army assigned outside Paris France. My son was born in France. His mother and I are US citizens by birth. We had to go the US Embassy with his French BC and file for a consular birth certificate.
It was explained to us that France had renounced its claim to his citizenship and he was solely a citizen of the USA. I don't know if it was the result of a treaty or a handshake.
Is it possible that Mc Cain might have been treated the same?
Truthluva, here's the comment we were discussing.
Although I posted this to another freeper a little ealier, I thought you would enjoy the last paragraph:
“Article II of the U.S. Constitution disqualifies McCain from assuming office because he was born in the Commonwealth of Panama in 1936, while his father was stationed at Coco Solo Naval Air Station in the Panama Canal Zone, the lawsuit contends.”
Nothing is going to happen until these losers learn to read and do their homework:
1. Panama is not the “Commonwealth of Panama.” It is the Republic of Panama.
2. There was never such a thing as “Coco Solo Naval Air Station.” It was Coco Solo Naval Station.
It appears they are getting their “facts” out of Wikipedia.
What a bunch of lazy, fried brains.
By the way, Panamanians are thrilled that McCain, a Panamanian by birth having been born in Colón, Republic of Panama, may be the first Panamanian president of the United States. Every time the subject is brought forth, they can’t stop laughing.
P.S., David,
I have been surprised at how many Panamanians are fully aware that McCain was born in Colón, a fellow Panamanian…I am just amazed.