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To: devere
His mother wasn’t old enough under the law in effect in 1961.

I'm not an attorney, but this seems unlikely to me. I seriously doubt the intent of the law was to produce a citizenship trap for children of young married American women.

I do know the present version of the law requires the American parent to have lived in the USA for 2 of the previous 5 years.

139 posted on 12/07/2008 1:08:46 PM PST by Sherman Logan (Everyone has a right to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.)
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To: Sherman Logan

“I do know the present version of the law requires the American parent to have lived in the USA for 2 of the previous 5 years.”

The law in effect in 1961 required 5 years after the age of 14, and as a result Stanley Ann Obama at age 18 could not pass her citizenship to her son if he was born in Kenya. When the current law was passed in 1986 it was not made retroactive. I believe that it’s quite possible that Barry Obama has never been a US citizen. Of course he can end the controversy by releasing his original birth certificate, which would in any case be public in 46 of the 50 states. Hawaii is one of only 4 states where it is considered private.


228 posted on 12/07/2008 4:02:38 PM PST by devere
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