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Obama is a US citizen though, isn’t he? Based on the birthplace of his mom? The question is whether or not he is a natural-born citizen, isn’t it?

Obama is a natural-born citizen based on where he was born, not his mom. The fact that he was born in the United States makes him a citizen at birth, and therefore a natural born citizen, without regard to the nationalities of his parents (as long as they were not diplomats, which of course they were not).

Now, there is a school of birtherism which questions his citizenship based on his father's lack of US citizenship. But that is hogwash given the Fourteenth Amendment and would be highly questionable even without it. In any case, it's not getting any traction in court. And even if it did, the Supremes would leave Obama's removal to Congress, which, under the Constitution, has the sole power to remove a sitting president.

Of course, if it were somehow true that he was not born in the US, then it would get interesting. Little Barry's citizenship (and therefore his natural born citizenship) would turn on whether Stanley Ann was really married to the sperm donor from Kenya. If she was, then little Barry would have needed naturalization, making him not natural born. However, one can make a good argument that her marriage was bigamous and therefore invalid because BHO, Sr. already had at least one wife back in Kenya. In that case, he would be natural born even if born in Mombasa, as the nuttier birthers believe.

Good for JD not to be lumped into the birther crowd! Down with McQueeg!

"Obama is a natural-born citizen based on where he was born, not his mom. The fact that he was born in the United States makes him a citizen at birth, and therefore a natural born citizen ...

I hope that I'm not reading you correctly!?
If I am reading you correctly then .. ANY 'Anchor Baby' that was born to anyone running across our border .. is eligible to be POTUS?

Well there you go .. Have a Mexican run across the border, spit out her seed and the kid who May Never even learn English can become POTUS!

(That's one way to open borders .. huh?)

fact that he was born in the United States makes him a citizen at birth, and therefore a natural born citizen,

You are entirely wrong, John Bingham himself wrote that the 14th did not confer NBC status, that NBC required two parents who are citizens.

This is an exceptional thread on the subject with documented records and supreme court decisions defining NBC.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2450158/posts?q=1&;page=1