[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

To me, the evidence suggests he was likely born in Hawaii

It doesn't matter if he was born in the White House on top of an original copy of the Constitution. His father was Kenyan and a British citizen which automatically transferred to him per the 1948 British National Act.

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

The Supreme Court has never ruled on the meaning of natural born citizen within the meaning of the presidential eligibility clause.

What there is now on the issue is merely dicta, which is about as binding on the current court as a statement of the opining justice’s favorite movie.

While I think the Supreme Court of 1809, had they directly ruled on the question, might well have defined natural born citizen as requiring that a child be born to American citizens, I am not at all persuaded that the Supreme Court of 2009 would so rule, given its makeup and the dynamics of the issue.

[spetznaz]

Just a point sir. Yoh are talking about the '1948 British National Act.' Well, the fact of the matter is that Obama's father was an African Kenyan. In colonial Kenya, African and Indian Kenyans did not become British citizens. Up and until Independence African and Indian Kenyans could not even attend the same schools, and the national IDs they had (called Kipande) were very different.

I have tried to stay out of the colb debate, but as a person who was born and mostly raised in Kenya, just know whoever said Obama's father was a 'British citizen' under ANY law is either seriously misinformed, or lying to you. Mentioning that to people born at the time elicited laughter

[woodyman]

I’ve seen this argument made here quite a few times, which leads me to wonder - since when does foreign law determine who is a US citizen? Or what type?