Here is the U.S. Immigration Law that covers the issue of children born abroad to 1 citizen and 1 alien.
http://library.uwb.edu/guides/USimmigration/66%20stat%20163.pdf
the McCarran-Walter Act, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952
Public law 82-414 Chapter 1 Section 301 (7)
It is as I previously stated.
Since Stanley Ann Dunham was only 18 when Obozo was born (assuming he was born when stated) she could not convey U.S. Citizenship to him under the existing law if he were born abroad.....(assuming the [alien non-US Citizen]Barrack H. Obama, Sr. was the father)
Thank you so much! This is exactly what I wanted. You are the first person in this discussion who has actually cited the pertinent law.
That said, Pres. Obama, under worst case assumption of being born in Kenya, seems he still is a natural US citizen under section 4.
However, section 4 and section 7 seem to apply to the same case—a person born outside the US, child of one US national. So 4 and 7 confuse me, because they seem to apply different tests to the same condition.
Obviously, I’m not a lawyer—but as people have said, this is issue has been studied carefully here on FR and there are lawyers on FR.
Thanks again for your help. Once I have this nailed down, I’ll write to James Taranto about his column.