If the home country in 1780 still declared the emigree to be a citizen regardless of the person's own intent, you are suggesting that is somehow binding on the children, and then that becomes a disqualifier to the child?
-PJ
I think Nero has gone past the point of logic.
The clause is obviously broken when he admits Obama has Kenya citizenship at age 22, and is qualified to be be president. On it’s face, wrong.
Red herrings.
Seems Nero has Team Obamas argument all brushed up and ready for April.
Washington was a French national while serving as president.
I can’t wait to see Jay Carney use that one.
Team Obama is still gathering evidence to justify his election.
George Washington was a French man. So a Kenyan is OK.
After you bastardized such a simple phrase in the constitution, the sky is the limit. Just like well fare. It was never intended to be a handout for bribes for votes. But, that’s what it is now.
They have twisted the language and law into a pretzel.
My point is that dual-citizenship is not a disqualifier for becoming president when it was inherited through no affirmative action on the part of the individual. I base this on historical precedent and the absence of any law to the contrary.
In my humble opinion, American law prevails. No foreign nation gets to determine who is a natural born citizen of this nation.
I believe that there is a distinction between dual citizenship acquired through no action of your own (Ted Cruz’s birth in Canada or Michele Bachmann marrying a Swis citizen and automatically gaining Swiss citizenship) and taking actual steps to acquire a foreign citizenship.
For example, every Jew on the planet is a POTENTIAL Israeli citizen under the “Law of Return,” but that is different from actually going to Israel and applying for Israeli citizenship.