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There is another interesting aspect to McCain’s situation and that is his parents were abroad under orders of the sovereign - doing the sovereign’s bidding.


10,156 posted on 09/06/2009 11:54:39 AM PDT by iontheball
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There is another interesting aspect to McCain’s situation and that is his parents were abroad under orders of the sovereign - doing the sovereign’s bidding.

"Under the jurisdiction of the United States" I believe would be the qualifying principle here, and yes, SCOTUS would have to clarify it. I think they'd have to look at the repealed 1790 law that stated children born abroad of U.S. citizen parents would be considered as "natural born" -- but didn't that law NOT include specifically mention of people abroad in the service of the United States? I think the intent would be that anyone under the "sovereign reach" of the United States would be considered as "under its jurisdiction" as much as the ones born on U.S. soil.

"Born on U.S. soil," however, is a distinction clear enough for the layman to understand.

Wiki talk page argument on what "natural born citizen" means: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3ANatural-born_citizen

10,160 posted on 09/06/2009 1:36:40 PM PDT by thecodont
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