Posted on 11/06/2010 7:11:27 PM PDT by RobinMasters
The parents don't have to be Natural Born, just citizens at the time of Rubio's birth In the US.
Were they?
As a matter of fact, the Senate of the United States, which included Barack Obama at the time, did, indeed, insist on viewing John McCain's long-form birth certificate to establish his presidential eligibility in 2008, despite the fact that he had previously run for president. The Senate unanimously, and that includes Barack Obama, voted to certify McCain's constitutional eligibility.So the question is not why Obama's birth certificate is so important. The question should be why wasn't Obama's birth certificate important, when McCain's was.
Why? Because Farah is citing something that never happened. There is NO RECORD of John McCain ever producing his birth certificate for the Senate to view. There is NO RECORD of the Senate "insist[ing] on viewing John McCain's long-form birth certificate."
That's Farah's #1 point of comparison, and it's completely made-up. His primary arguing point is nothing more than a bogus internet rumor that he obviously hasn't taken the trouble to factually verify before repeating it.
And in case anyone thinks it DID happen, stop to ask yourself: when? Have you ever seen anyone say specifically WHEN McCain was asked to show the Senate a birth certificate? Have you ever seen any indication of when he actually did? Have you ever even seen any specific *reference* to McCain's birth certificate in the Senate record? If you believe it happened, what was the original reliable source that reported that it did?
Heck, just stop to ask why the Senate would WANT to see McCain's birth certificate. He always said he was born in Panama. SR 511 makes no reference to a hospital.
But no, nobody ever has any specifics about this point, because it didn't happen. All anyone can ever do is simply point to an earlier iteration of the generic rumor.
Only when is applies to Obama.
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In plane English, they must both be born on the soil of the country (jus soli Latin: right of the soil) and have the blood of citizen parents flowing in their veins (jus sanguinus Latin: right of blood)
Note that the parents do not need to be Natural Born Citizens, any flavor of citizenship suffices.
“Note that the parents do not need to be Natural Born Citizens, any flavor of citizenship suffices.”
You’re saying that IF Rubio’s parents became naturalized citizens BEFORE Marco was born, then he could qualify for the position of POTUS?
It would not be racist if his Baby Daddy had been a citizen of South Africa, Rhodesia, New Zealand, Australia, the UK or Canada.
It would be a “routine” Constitutional question.
But since his pop was Kenyan, it’s a racist question.
There was never any question of his citizenship, but rather of his natural born status.
Obama's birth certificate, including the obviously faked COLB, could be 100% accurate, showing him born in Hawaii, and he'd still not be natural born. His father was a foreign national, unless the BC shows someone other than Barack Hussein Obama to have been his father.
Statute law cannot define a Constitutional term. Fortunately, if you think about the implications of that.
However, historically those born "in the armies of the nation" are considered born in the nation. Thus since his father was a serving officer, and both his parents were US Citizens, McCain meets the definition of "natural born Citizen" understood at the time the Constitution was written.
BO, OTOH, does not, since even if he was born in Hawaii, did not have citizen parents.
Besides, McStain's eligibility or lack thereof have no bearing on BO's.
Now if The Won wasn't born in the US, then he's not a citizen at all under statute law. Unless of course he was later naturalized, But if that were the case he'd still not be eligible to the office of President.
His parents don't need to be natural born citizens, only citizens at the time of his birth. They could be naturalized. Otherwise no one, save those descended entirely from those who were citizens at the time the Constitution was ratified could be natural born, and thus President.
Jindal's were not yet naturalized when he was born. I don't know about Rubio's.
I didn’t fully explain myself.
I was not questioning McCain’s eligibility. I was just using the fact that he has been challenged to prove his eligibilty. Therefore, challenging Obama’s eligibility cannot be construed as racism.
So the article has no merit.
(2)Yes. as long as ones parents are American citizens of any stripe when one is born, one is indeed a "Natural Born Citizen."
In re Marco Rubio: got no clue.
In plane English, they must both be born on the soil of the country (jus soli Latin: right of the soil) and have the blood of citizen parents flowing in their veins (jus sanguinus Latin: right of blood)
Note that the parents do not need to be Natural Born Citizens, any flavor of citizenship suffices.
That's correct.
How Can A Natural Born Citizen's Status Be "Governed" By Great Britian?
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