Here is what curiosity wrote:
“No one, repeat, no one, prior to the Fall of 2008, claimed that natural born status required two citizen parents. Period.”
You cited an example of someone asking if anyone had checked Obama’s birth certificate to see if he’s a natural born citizen. It says absolutely nothing about any supposed two-citizen-parent requirement.
To the contrary, it implies that the author did not believe in such a requirement. Because if he did, then he wouldn’t be ASKING if Obama was a natural born citizen; he’d be declaring flat-out that he wasn’t one. That Obama’s father was Kenyan has always been a pretty widely-known fact.
I will stipulate to LorenC’s timeframe on the two-citizen parent argument. I’ve been following the eligibility issue from the beginning. Leo Donofrio’s analysis was the first time I remember reading about that aspect of Obama’s eligibility.
To the question about why no one brought it up earlier when it was widely known that Obama’s father was a Kenyan, I believe the answer is that none of us had extensive knowledge of the definition of NBC, had researched the FF’s intent, or reviewed SCOTUS citzenship cases. I had always assumed that one must only be born here to be NBC, which would include anchor babies.
For a short while, many fell for Polarik’s trap (including me) and we were focused on that aspect of the issue. When I dug into the issue and came across Leo’s analysis, I was hooked. It made the most sense to me. And it still does. The two citizen parent definition also prevents anchor babies from being NBCs.
I will stipulate to LorenC’s timeframe on the two-citizen parent argument. I’ve been following the eligibility issue from the beginning. Leo Donofrio’s analysis was the first time I remember reading about that aspect of Obama’s eligibility.
To the question about why no one brought it up earlier when it was widely known that Obama’s father was a Kenyan, I believe the answer is that none of us had extensive knowledge of the definition of NBC, had researched the FF’s intent, or reviewed SCOTUS citzenship cases. I had always assumed that one must only be born here to be NBC, which would include anchor babies.
For a short while, many fell for Polarik’s trap (including me) and we were focused on that aspect of the issue. When I dug into the issue and came across Leo’s analysis, I was hooked. It made the most sense to me. And it still does. The two citizen parent definition also prevents anchor babies from being NBCs.
tiger-one was questioning whether Obama was a Natural Born Citizen way back in 2007.
And the question in 2011 is still unanswered.