Thanks for the link. That, in practice, really should shoot down any of the positions of the "birthers"
However, there is a disparity between what is said in this web page and what is said in the law.
As I said in my previous posts, the term "national" and "citizen" are not synonymous. 8 U.S.C. §1101 defines a "national of the united states" as follows:
The term “national of the United States” means
(A) a citizen of the United States, or(B) a person who, though not a citizen of the United States, owes permanent allegiance to the United States.
8 U.S.C. §1409(c) speaks about an illegitimate child acquiring "nationality" through his mother.
8 U.S.C. §1401(g) speaks about a child acquiring "citizenship" through a parent without regards to the marital status of the parent (nowhere in §1401 does it mention the marital status of the parents at all).
The web page states:
A child born abroad out-of-wedlock to a U.S. citizen mother may acquire U.S. citizenship under Section 301(g) INA, as made applicable by Section 309(c) INA if the mother was a U.S. citizen at the time of the child's birth, and if the mother had previously been physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for a continuous period of one year.
But the law doesn't say that.
So the webpage shows how the State Department does its business. But the law says what it says.
It sure would be easier if he just released his birth certificate from Hawaii, wouldn't it?