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To: jamese777
-- Chester A. Arthur NEVER hid the fact that his father was born in Ireland. --

That's a straw man. When did Chester Arthur's father become naturalized? When was Chester Arthur born? Bonus question (not relevant to the issue of qualification): How did he obtain the presidency?

-- There is NO requirement that one’s foreign born parents be naturalized in order for a person born in the United States to be a natural born citizen. --

So say people who read more into Wong Kim Ark than can be rightfully read into it. Chester Arthur's boy wrote the majority opinion in that case.

89 posted on 03/11/2010 2:17:50 PM PST by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt

— Chester A. Arthur NEVER hid the fact that his father was born in Ireland. —
That’s a straw man. When did Chester Arthur’s father become naturalized? When was Chester Arthur born? Bonus question (not relevant to the issue of qualification): How did he obtain the presidency?

— There is NO requirement that one’s foreign born parents be naturalized in order for a person born in the United States to be a natural born citizen. —

So say people who read more into Wong Kim Ark than can be rightfully read into it. Chester Arthur’s boy wrote the majority opinion in that case.


Nice try, but the constitutional requirements for being Vice President are the same as they are for being President.
Eligibility

The Twelfth Amendment states that “no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.” Thus, to serve as Vice President, an individual must:
Be a natural-born U.S. citizen;
Not be younger than 35 years old; and
Have lived in the U.S. for at least 14 years.

If you were correct in your interpretation of US v Wong Kim Ark, Barack Obama wouldn’t have been sworn in by Chief Justice Roberts as the 44th President of the United States and his Electoral College votes wouldn’t have been certified by Vice President Cheney. There would have been a challenge to that certification and there was none.


93 posted on 03/11/2010 2:59:14 PM PST by jamese777
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