[Tarpon]

To be a Constitutionally qualified ‘natural born citizen’, both parents must be natural born citizens, of the USA. I think that means if your father is Kenyan born, that disqualifies you.

[Yo-Yo]

To be a Constitutionally qualified ‘natural born citizen’, both parents must be natural born citizens, of the USA.

As a matter of fact, you can be a Constitutionally qualified 'natural bork citizen' if both of your parents were illegal aliens, but you mother gave birth on US soil.

[Man50D]

To be a Constitutionally qualified ‘natural born citizen’, both parents must be natural born citizens, of the USA. I think that means if your father is Kenyan born, that disqualifies you.

Both parents must be American citizens, not necessarily natural born citizens. However, the parents natural born citizenship did not automatically transfer citizenship to a child at the time BO/BS was born. Federal law required the parent be physically present in the U.S. for at least 10 years with five of those years after the age of fourteen. This means a parent must have been at least 19 years of age. BO's/Bs's mother was only 18 at the time he was born.

[Vaduz]

Constitutionally isn’t what Obama backers($)rely on.

[UnChained]

“To be a Constitutionally qualified ‘natural born citizen’, both parents must be natural born citizens, of the USA. I think that means if your father is Kenyan born, that disqualifies you.”

That is the all important point that makes all the birth certificate issues moot.

I think you have overstated the parental requirements otherwise there would be very few natural born citizens anywhere. A better way of saying it is:

“Both parents have to be US citizens”

One of my great grand parents came from Germany and that would disqualify one my parents, a grand parent and me by your definition of natural born.

[El Gato]

To be a Constitutionally qualified ‘natural born citizen’, both parents must be natural born citizens, of the USA

Think about it. If the parents needed to be natural born citizens, no one could ever qualify. Those in the who were in colonies or immigrated before or during the revolution, where not citizens of the US at birth, so they can't have been natural born. Thus their children would not have been able to have been either, and their grandchildren...

The same with those immigrating after the revoluation. They could be naturalized, but could not be natural born, thus niether could their children, grandchildren... down to the Nth generation.

Now it would be possible for the criteria to be that a Natural Born Citizen must have parents who were born citizens. But that's not what Vattel's "Law of Nations", or several SCOTUS cases say. They say the parents must be citizens.

But either way, born citizens or just citizens, BHO Sr fails the test, having been not only Kenyan born, but also never even a naturalized citizen of the US. He was a visiting student, not even a permanent resident alien. Thus BHO Jr cannot be a natural born citizen.

[May31st]

You’re close, Tarpon. Both parents must be “citizens” (not necessarily natural born citizens). This is in addition to being born on US soil.

But at any rate, you end up in the same place. BO is not a NBC, and is therefore ineligible.

[SatinDoll]

Actually...no, your definition of natural born citizen is incorrect.

A natural born citizen is born in a nation to citizen parents.

That means the parents must be citizens, period. The type of citizenship isn’t specified.