I was reacting to the statement in Comment #74 that Obama’s mother wouldn’t have been eligible in 1961 because she was 18 year, 9 months, rather than 19. Most people graduate from high school at the age of 18, not 19. Also, if I remember correctly, 18 year olds (mostly males) were eligible to die in combat at age 18.
In your opinion what would be a better way of determining Citizen of the United States At Birth status for a child born abroad?
The law today says that only two of the required five years of residence in the U.S. for the citizen parent have to be after the age of 14.
“...physically present in the United States or its outlying possessions for a period or periods totaling not less than five years, at least two of which were after attaining the age of fourteen years...”