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To: Citizen Blade
Dual citizenship, even from birth, is not a Constitutional bar to the Presidency

Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5 of the Constitution of the United States:

“No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.”

26 posted on 11/16/2008 2:56:10 PM PST by danamco
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To: danamco; HighlyOpinionated
“No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.”

A person can meet the requirements of Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5 regarding being a natural born citizen while also being a citizen of another country. The two are not mutually exclusive.

My son, for example, is a natural born citizen of the US and a citizen of at least two other countries. He will be Constitutionally qualified to be President at age 35.

68 posted on 11/17/2008 7:03:42 AM PST by Citizen Blade (What would Ronald Reagan do?)
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