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To: Forty-Niner
Doesn’t the USSC in Perkins v Elg back into the NBC definition by declaring Elizabth Elg not only a citizen because of her birth in the US, but also a Natural Born Citizen because both her parents were US (naturalized) citizens? (1933)

Yeah - pretty much. By my understanding of the definition, she was a citizen at birth and a natural born citizen since her parents were naturalized at the time.

Only thing being that if Sweden required her to become a Swedish citizen. Would she lose US citizenship - I think not, as she was a minor and had to do what her parents [and Sweden] wanted. After she reached majority, and decided to return to the US, she elected to keep her citizenship.

The law, unfortunately, cannot be all things, to all people, all of the time - there are going to be screwy situations sometimes. We cannot prepare for "If its Tuesday - it must be Belgium" ...

I will have to read the opinion and get back to you - but as it is almost 4 am ... I gotta go.

454 posted on 04/21/2010 12:47:53 AM PDT by Lmo56
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To: Lmo56

“Only thing being that if Sweden required her to become a Swedish citizen. Would she lose US citizenship - I think not, as she was a minor and had to do what her parents [and Sweden] wanted. After she reached majority, and decided to return to the US, she elected to keep her citizenship.”

I contrast that with Obama....forced to become an Indonesian citizen in his minority, because of his mother’s new marriage, and Indonesian law, Obama later returns to the US, and upon reaching his majority, elects to declare foreign citizenship in order to receive a Fullbright Scholorship.....

Not quite the guy the Founders had in mind was he?


459 posted on 04/21/2010 1:35:22 AM PDT by Forty-Niner ((.))
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