So then, Marco Rubio, who was born in Miami, and Bobby Jindal who was born in Baton Rouge, LA, are eligible to be Prez or VP even though their parents were NOT citizens. Am I right or wrong?
interest bookmark...not that any Constitutional law applies anymore.
Yes, they can become president following the precedent set by the Supreme Court, the Senate and Obama.
Now , the next step is any global citizen becoming pres. Pres Chavez.
Wrong
Obviously you didn't read this. You are WRONG!
Cases in point:
1.) President Chester A. Arthur
2.) Vice President Spiro Agnew.
President Chester A. Arthur's father, William Arthur, was born in County Antrim, Ireland. Chester A. Arthur was born in 1829 but his father was not naturalized a U.S. citizen until 1843.
Vice President Spiro Agnew's father, Theodore Spiros Anagnostopoulos, was born in Greece. Spiro Agnew was born in 1918 but his father was still listed as an "alien" in the 1920 U.S. Census.
In Inglis v. Trustees of Sailor's Snug Harbor, 28 U.S. 99 (1830), U.S. Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story wrote:
"Nothing is better settled at the common law than the doctrine that the children even of aliens born in a country while the parents are resident there under the protection of the government and owing a temporary allegiance thereto are subjects by birth."
In Inglis v. Trustees of Sailor's Snug Harbor, the Supreme Court rule that children born in New York City between July 4, 1776 and September 15, 1776 were U.S. citizens by birth but those children born in New York City between September 16, 1776 and November 24, 1783 were not U.S. citizens by birth.
Why?
Because, from September 16, 1776 to November 24, 1783, New York City was occupied by the British.
What mattered was that "the parents are resident there under the protection of the government and owing a temporary allegiance". After September 15, 1776, that "Government" in New York City was Great Britain. Therefore, the Supreme court ruled, any child born in New York City during the British occupation was a British subject by birth and not an American citizen by birth.
Bobby Jindal good guy that he is is not a natural born citizen. His parents were not naturalized citizens at the time of his birth.
It may be that Marco Rubio qualifies since his parents were born in Cuba when it was an American territory after the Spanish American War. They were both born before 1932 when Cuba became independent. Marco was born in the states so he probably is elegible to run for president.
No neither is natural born
What about Rick Santorum? He’s actually running. If a candidate’s parents’ citizenship is Constitutionally significant, why does no one care whether Santorum’s dad was a citizen or not?