McPain went through this in 2000 also.
Posted on 02/28/2008 2:18:18 PM PST by street_lawyer
The first statute on the citizenship of children born abroad, enacted in 1790, stated: "The children of citizens of the United States, that may be born beyond sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born citizens: Provided, That the right of citizenship shall not descend to persons whose fathers have never been resident in the United States." Act of Mar. 26, 1790, ch. 3, 1 Stat. 104. Statutes passed in 1795 and 1802 similarly conditioned the citizenship of the child born abroad on the father's at least one-time residence in the United States. Act of Jan. 29, 1795, § 3, 1 Stat. 415; Act of Apr. 14, 1802, § 4, 2 Stat. 155. This father's residence requirement suggests that Congress intended a child born abroad to gain citizenship only when the father was a citizen. That, indeed, was the law of England at the time. See 2 J. Kent, Commentaries on American Law *50-*51 (hereinafter Kent's Commentaries); 4 Geo. 2, ch. 21 (1731). The statutory language Congress adopted, however, was ambiguous. One could read the words "children of citizens" to mean that the child of a United States citizen mother and a foreign father would qualify for citizenship if the father had at some point resided in the country. See Binney, The Alienigenae of the United States, 2 Am. L. Reg. 193, 203-205 (1854). Or, as Chancellor Kent observed, the words might mean that both parents had to be United States citizens for citizenship to pass. 2 Kent's Commentaries *53. Miller v. Albright, 523 U.S. 420
Yes McCain is a natural born idiot.
This applies to Barack Hussein Obama.
Yes McCain is a natural born idiot.
That too.
If anyone’s citizenship should be questioned, it would be the man who protested against this country while living abroad during a time of war: Bill Clinton.
Could you tell the to the NYT?
They are busy trying to trash him so the Obomination wins.
Obama was born in Hawaii.
But we mustn’t mention his middle name, thats out of bounds. /S
My personal dislike of his policies aside, he is listed as born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Let's not go after things that don't matter...focus on the things that do, like his socialist attitudes.
After it became a state no less.
DRATS
Imagine what people might THINK!
Barack Hussein OBama
Saddam Hussein ... Osama yes, we don’t want the sheeple to read anything into that. Why it’s such an AMERICAN name. It’s also so American to go to Muslim schools and have an Islamic father etc... Yes, we must not mention any concerns about that.
Silly people.
Is someone born via a C-section a “natural born” citizen?
Thats my guess, any idea on how to stretch this?
What about a test-tube baby? What about a premature birth?
What about one born of a surrogate pregnancy- American genetics, foreign womb.
;^)
What about those “deleivered” by C-Section?
Barack Hussein Obama probably holds dual citizenship, dual loyalties.
Kenyan Father - American Mother.
McPain went through this in 2000 also.
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