To: EnderWiggins
Compare it to Obamas admission of being born under British Jurisdiction - British Nationality Act, he was FIRST a citizen of Britain. Second a citizen of the US, a citizen, but not a Natural Born Citizen.
You are completely wrong.
710 posted on
02/15/2010 1:02:55 PM PST by
Danae
(Don't like our Constitution? Try living in a country with out one.)
To: Danae
Read it again. There is no mention of any jurisdiction whatsoever. There is only the straight forward recognition that British law governs British citizenship. Not American citizenship... British citizenship. Britain can give its citizenship to anybody it wants. Even Obama. Even you.
Now... how can anybody be "first" a British citizen when both citizenships are established at the moment of birth? That would be a neat trick. Both citizenships are in place at exactly the same time... the only issue is which is which.
Obama's British citizenship is "jus sanguinis." It is statutory via the British Nationality Act.
Obama's American citizenship is jus soli. It is natural born citizenship because he was born on American soil, under the protection (i.e. "subject to the jurisdiction) of the American government for which he owes his allegiance from birth.
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