“The law as written did NOT protect children from losing citizenship via adoption to a foreign national. “
Yes, it does. Anyone who says otherwise is lying or ignorant, and you cannot claim ignorance.
“Also, it matters if Obama believed he lost his citizenship and acted as an Indonesia citizen into his adulthood, such as by attending college as a foreign national or traveling exclusively on a foreign passport.”
Nope. Unless Obama swore an oath renouncing his US citizenship by birth as an adult capable of making legal decisions, he remains a US citizen. You cannot lose US citizenship by ignorance or traveling on a foreign passport.
Sorry, but you're wrong on the first part of your claim and unlike me, you can claim ignorance. I've already spelled out the law in effect at the time Obama was born. It did NOT protect children from losing citizenship via adoption to a foreign national. The courts might intervene, but the law as written offered no specific protection from loss of citizenship this way.
You cannot lose US citizenship by ignorance or traveling on a foreign passport.
Rogers. You're not paying attention. I didn't say Obama lost his citizenship by ignorance or by traveling on a foreign passport. I said it mattered if Obama BELIEVED he lost any U.S. citizenship he might have had and because of this BELIEF, he acted as a foreign national as an adult. The court case you cited said a minor would have to ELECT to claim his or her U.S. citizenship upon reaching the age of majority. If Obama did NOT do this and ACTED as a foreign national, then he had no claim to U.S. citizenship that could be protected.