You are aware are you not that John McCain was born in a U S territory and you are aware that the Senate was aware of this when they drew up the Resoution, are you not???
So you're referencing a non-binding Senate resolution does nothing to support the claim that the definition of a natural-born citizen is one born in the U.S. of two U.S. citizen parents.
Oh really. It bound the mouths of 98 Senators regarding his natural born status. That's an accomplishment.
It was a "resolution" which means a "decision" -- kind of like those things issued by courts of law that are supposed to be binding.
And it was a reslution based upon months of study of the issue, the Constitution, the definition of natural born citizen, case law, etc. And their conclusion was that McCain was a natural born citizen because he was born on U S territory and both parents were citizens -- BOTH PARENTS.
Where is Obama's SR511???
Nope. Neither Panama or the canal zone are U.S. territory, any more than a base in Germany is U.S. territory. The U.S. is there by treaty, and the constitutional guarantees of citizenship outlined by the 14th Amendment don't apply there. McCain is a natural-born citizen because both his parents were citizens, the U.S. law in force at the time made that clear. But by the definition being floated here - born in the U.S. of two U.S. citizen parents - he wouldn't be one.
Oh really. It bound the mouths of 98 Senators regarding his natural born status. That's an accomplishment.
What, that 98 senators voted on a non-binding resolution? That's hardly an achievement. They also passed non-binding resolutions apologizing for slavery and declaring the Iraq war was not in the national interest. Fat lot of good those did.
It was a "resolution" which means a "decision" -- kind of like those things issued by courts of law that are supposed to be binding.
It was a non-binding resolution, nothing like those things issued by a court of law.
And it was a reslution based upon months of study of the issue, the Constitution, the definition of natural born citizen, case law, etc. And their conclusion was that McCain was a natural born citizen because he was born on U S territory and both parents were citizens -- BOTH PARENTS
Why don't you try reading the resolution? It doesn't say he was born on U.S. territory, but on a U.S. military base. And there is some question as to whether that is correct of if he was, in fact, born in a hospital in Colon.