To: B4Ranch
I was responding to a statement that McCain would be a natural born citizen because he was born in a Navy Hospital on a U.S. military base. Such did not exist at the time.
He was born in a public hospital, in the city of Colon, Republic of Panama. Thus, he is not a “natural born citizen” of the U.S. Since both his parents were U.S. citizens, he is considered a “citizen by statute”.
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11/28/2008 6:16:17 PM PST by
SatinDoll
(NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT!!)
To: SatinDoll
OK, so, for the sake of argument, McCain is a citizen by statute, or more specifically, a citizen at birth by statute. To the best of my knowledge, there is no case law establishing that such a citizen does not fall under the rubric of "natural born citizen." I am aware that Leo Donofrio would argue that McCain is constitutionally inelegible for POTUS, but the legal answer to that question will probably never be known because the issue is moot.
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