[chaosagent]

So Louisana isn’t part of the US anymore??

Scroll up a ways. The claim is made that to be a Natural Born Citizen you must: (1) be born in the U.S. mainland, and (2) be born to 2 American citizen parents. Neither of Jindal’s parents were citizens when he was born.

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I read that. That’s what the debate is about. I guess I should have included the /SARC tag. But based on the way my previous posts were going I would have thought it obvious.

What actually constitutes a ‘natural born citizen’. Based on which of the 3 scenarios I posted above you chose, a number of past presidential candidates are not ‘natural born’, including John McCain!

A little research online shows court rulings coming down on all 3 sides.

Again, if you go by what you posted above in this post, John McCain was not ‘natural born’.

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[Non-Sequitur]

What actually constitutes a ‘natural born citizen’. Based on which of the 3 scenarios I posted above you chose, a number of past presidential candidates are not ‘natural born’, including John McCain!

What constitutes a natural born citizen? Per the law, the Constitution, and any number of Supreme Court cases it's someone who is born in the U.S. regardless of the nationality of the parents, with specific exceptions for children of diplomats, foreign heads of state, and enemy aliens held in the U.S during time of war. Or it is someone who, under certain specific circumstances, was born outside of the U.S. Simple as that.