Bobby Jindal’s parents were not U.S. Citizens at the time Bobby Jindal was born, consequently Bobby Jindal is not a natural born citizen as required by the U.S. Constitution for eligibility to the Office of the President or Vice President. He may serve in the U.S. Government in other capacities, but not in the two offices specified by the Constitution.
1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
Neither is the son of an ambassador or the son of a foreigner occupier, neither was born on an indian reservation, both were subject to the jurisdiction of the US. There is nothing in the constititution requiring both parents to be citizens, de Vattel was read by our Founders, but not included.
There is not doubt that Bobby Jindal was an anchor baby. His parents were here on student visas, and she was already about 6 months pregnant when they arrived. It had to have been years afterward that they finally received their US citizenship. The clearly could NOT have fulfilled any residency requirement by the time of his birth. Bobby Jindal was born a citizen of the nation of India, the nation to which his parents owed allegiance.
In short, if Bobby Jindal is eligible to the presidency, then so is Anwar al Awlaki’s children who were born anchor babies in the US while he was here studying. I hear he also became a US citizen afer a while. So, is it wise to let Anwar’s kids run for the presidency? How about hypothetically allowing Ahmadinejab of Iran visit the US with one of his wives pregnant and ready to deliver? Should we allow that anchor baby to be eligible for the presidency?
“Natural Born Citizen” MUST mean something different than the phrase preceding it... “citizen”... referring to those who were “citizens” prior to the adoption of the Constitution. After the adoption of the Constitution, “citzen” was no longer acceptable as a standard, and something that had to have been more stringent, “natural born” became the standard.
Jindal is a great governor and probably would be a wonderful senator.