[so_real]

There is no brighter line than what "is simply declaratory of what is written in the Constitution, that every human being born within the jurisdiction of the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is, in the language of your Constitution itself, a natural born citizen".

It is is simple and straightforward. Spoken by an authority (Bingham) on the topic. Easy to remember. Easy to teach. And provides an *invaluable* protection against having foreign influence leading the Executive Branch and the Armed Forces.

There is nothing obscure about it.

Was your son born in country of parents who were citizens at the time of his birth? Yes? Excellent. He is eligible. Done. It is that simple, and should be so for everyone to comprehend. Once upon a time it was, and those were better times. We can have them again if people wise up. And that is why I am happy to keep fighting the good fight.

For those who are ineligible ... so what. I'll never be POTUS either. But as good citizens, those who are ineligible can still represent through the heights of Congress. Any one of us is more likely to be struck by lightening than become POTUS anyway. It's just not that big of a deal for the average citizen.

What is a big deal, as we have seen, is allowing a glimmer of foreign anti-American influence into the position of POTUS and CiC. I'll go to the mat time and time again, happily, to work against that. A patriot can do no less.

[Behind the Blue Wall]

But my son was born owing allegiance to Canada, was he not? How else is he a citizen of Canada, with a Canadian passport, never having lived a day of his life there?

[Behind the Blue Wall]

The “foreign allegiance” standard would in theory grant to foreign governments the right to determine eligibility for the U.S. Presidency. So if a foreign government grants citizenship rights to children of those who have ancestry in that country or who allow for dual citizenship, they can exclude those U.S. born children from eligibility, whereas if they changed their laws, and limited citizenship only to those exclusively owing allegiance to them, they could thereby make those children eligible?