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For one to be a ‘natural born citizen’ of the USA one must be born of parents that were BOTH American citizens at the time of the birth. Just being born in the USA does not mean that one is automatically a ‘natural-born citizen’. Now in the case of John McCain his lawyers have argued that since the Canal Zone was under US jurisdiction at the time of his birth in 1936 and that McCain’s parents were both American citizens that John McCain is therefore a natural-born American citizen which you have to be to be ELIGIBLE to be POTUS. The contention by Donfrio is that Obama was born in Hawaii but that because his father was a British national at the time (from Kenya) that makes Obama ineligible to assume the Presidency.

[Non-Sequitur]

For one to be a ‘natural born citizen’ of the USA one must be born of parents that were BOTH American citizens at the time of the birth.

And just where is that defined in law?

The contention by Donfrio is that Obama was born in Hawaii but that because his father was a British national at the time (from Kenya) that makes Obama ineligible to assume the Presidency.

Donofrio's contention is that in order to be a natural born U.S. citizen you must be born in the U.S. or on U.S. territory and both parents must be U.S. citizens. McCain was actually born in Panama so according to Donofrio he doesn't qualify.

[Badabing Badablonde]

US Constitution, Article II, Section 1 No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States , at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a resident within the United States.