He said his father was a Kenyan. That in itself disqualifies him!!!
In addition, on his very own campaign web site, they admitted that his "birth status was governed by Great Britain."
So, how in the world, could a dual national be considered a Natural Born Citizen? They can't.
He said his father was a Kenyan. That in itself disqualifies him!!!
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I believe that was the intent of the founders without a doubt but it is very likely that a modern court might say that ANYONE born in the United States is a natural born citizen regardless of parentage.
Personally I don’t think it would even make sense to put the language in the constitution unless there was a clear understanding at the time that natural born meant two American citizen parents and I believe that anyone born to two citizen parents could have been born in Canada, Mexico or even Kenya and still be a natural born citizen. The hooplah over McCain’s birthplace ended up saying exactly that, that he is a natural born citizen even though not born in this country because he is the son of PARENTS (plural) who were American citizens. Of course that was not a COURT decision so it is not binding in any way.
The trend now is to assume there are only two categories of citizen, natural born and naturalized but I don’t believe this was the intent of the founders. Unfortunately the answer lies not in the wording of the constitution itself but in the commonly understood definitions of the day.
It boggles the mind to imagine that the founders intended that someone born the son of an American girl who was stil of minor status and a father who had british citizenship could be an American president.