It doesn’t matter if it is relevant and divisive. How many Chinese citizens have been birthed in the US, and are now dual citizens. Eligible to be President too. It has been going on for years now. It is a tourism thing, and they do it in Canada again.
Someday a Chinese Man or Woman, will show up and run for office, never having lived here. What do we do then?
> It doesn’t matter if it is relevant and divisive. <
I’m not arguing from either position. Instead I’m saying nothing will come of a “natural born” dispute. So it’s a waste of time and resources to go in that direction. It would be different if the Supreme Court was receptive to hearing the matter. But they aren’t, and never will.
In a way, it would be like Virginia arguing that West Virginia should be returned to Virginia. Maybe Virginia has a case, maybe it doesn’t. But in practice, it’s a dead issue. No sense in pushing it.
Side point #1: I am VERY suspicious of Obama’s eligibility. My friends and I still talk about occasionally. It’s good for conversation, but otherwise it’s a dead issue.
Side point #2: As to the Chinese-American born here but never having lived here, the Founders evidently thought of such a possibility. A little-known requirement for being president is that you must have lived in the United States for at least 14 years.
Good thinking by those old guys.