To: Josh Painter
Jay was a diplomat for the Continental Congress when his children were born in France. Jay wrote Washington about natural born citizens because he was concerned his children would be excluded from eligibility because they happened to be born in a foreign country while their father was in diplomatic status. Jay’s children were natural born citizens of the United States because their father was in diplomatic status.
Foreign born children are foreign citizens until they use the US Code to naturalize as a US citizen. Naturalized citizens are eligible to be President of the United States.
25 posted on
05/14/2015 10:54:39 AM PDT by
SvenMagnussen
(1983 ... the year Obama became a naturalized U.S. citizen)
To: SvenMagnussen
Jay was a diplomat for the Continental Congress when his children were born in France. Jay wrote Washington about natural born citizens because he was concerned his children would be excluded from eligibility because they happened to be born in a foreign country while their father was in diplomatic status. Jays children were natural born citizens of the United States because their father was in diplomatic status. John Jay had two sons, Peter (1776) and William.(1789) Both were born in the United States.
I don't think he was concerned as to whether or not his four girls could become President.
To: SvenMagnussen
Naturalized citizens are eligible to be President of the United States. Um, no.
55 posted on
05/14/2015 1:24:52 PM PDT by
BuckeyeTexan
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