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To: GilesB
So the child of a US citizen serving in the US Embassy in London or Paris, and born in the London Maternity Hospital or the American Hospital (in Paris), would not be eligible to be president?

Yep. That's another of the logical consequences of the "both-and" doctrine of natural born citizenship.

You can add all the children of US military troops serving overseas into that as well.

361 posted on 03/20/2013 12:53:01 PM PDT by Jeff Winston
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To: Jeff Winston
Yep. That's another of the logical consequences of the "both-and" doctrine of natural born citizenship.

You can add all the children of US military troops serving overseas into that as well.

Again, you can pretty much guarantee that anything which Jeff says about this issue is utter crap. If Article II "natural born citizen" is based on the founders understanding of Vattel, then Vattel's understanding of the concept applies.

According to Vattel, the children born to those who are out of the country in the service of the Nation are indeed "natural born citizens."

Jeff is trying to wheedle people into buying his arguments by appealing to their emotions (it's unfair to deny natural citizenship status to the children of soldiers) rather than their intelligence. Most of his arguments share this characteristic. He isn't even correct in his emotional blackmail attempt.

374 posted on 03/20/2013 1:37:00 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
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