Both of my children were born while I was serving overseas on Active Duty. Both have a birth certificate issued by the US State Department. This birth certificate is headed “Report of the Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States of America.”
Are you saying that my children are not natural born citizens?
Were they born on land under the jurisdiction of the United States?
Both of my children were born while I was serving overseas on Active Duty. Both have a birth certificate issued by the US State Department. This birth certificate is headed “Report of the Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States of America.” Are you saying that my children are not natural born citizens?Expert opinion is that your children are natural-born citizens, potentially eligible to be president. Here's how a renowned constitutional scholar explained it to lay audience:
"The Constitution's rule that the president be 'a natural born citizen' focuses not on where a person became a citizen, but when. To be eligible, one must be born a citizen rather than naturalized at some later date."
http://slate.com/id/2183588/