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To: MrChips
Only children born from the union of two US citizen’s is elgible to become our president.

Is that true? I have never heard that angle

I believe that any person is eligible who is (a) born in the U.S. or its outlying possessions (with parents of any nation's citizenship), or (b) a person born outside of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents both of whom are citizens of the United States and one of whom has had a residence in the United States or one of its outlying possessions, prior to the birth of such person.

The first case is the definition of being natural born, the second case is described at the Dept. of State website

Since President Obama's father was not a U.S. citizen, he would have to have been born in the U.S. to be a natural born citizen.

107 posted on 04/21/2010 9:58:48 PM PDT by UncleHambone ("Laughter is America's most important export." - Walt Disney)
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To: UncleHambone
I believe that any person is eligible who is (a) born in the U.S. or its outlying possessions (with parents of any nation's citizenship), or (b) a person born outside of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents both of whom are citizens of the United States and one of whom has had a residence in the United States or one of its outlying possessions, prior to the birth of such person.

The first case is the definition of being natural born, the second case is described at the Dept. of State website

Since President Obama's father was not a U.S. citizen, he would have to have been born in the U.S. to be a natural born citizen.

Wrong. Neither the State Department, Congress, or anyone else can determine "natural born citizen" - since it has never been expressly defined. There are only 2 ways to define it - by Constitutional amendment or by Supreme Court ruling.

153 posted on 04/21/2010 10:51:45 PM PDT by Lmo56
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