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To: Fithal the Wise
I don't believe you can lose "natural born" status.

If Obama was born in Hawaii, he's all set.

2 posted on 10/24/2008 3:53:59 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered...the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph)
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To: Jim Noble
Yes, you can lose US citizenship. It is explained very well in the "Obama Timeline"

Well worth the read.

7 posted on 10/24/2008 3:57:25 PM PDT by Churchillspirit
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To: Jim Noble

He could not be a dual citizen in USA and Indonesia. he lost his US citizenship when he became a citizen of Indonesia. At the time there was no dual citizenship with Indo and they may still be true today.

Some argued that a child cannot lose it but I think that is incorrect.


8 posted on 10/24/2008 3:57:33 PM PDT by Frantzie
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To: Jim Noble

There is a two part test to be eligible to be present: You must be “natural born” and a “citizen.” Yes, if you are natural born you cannot obviously have that revoked. However, you can lose citizenship.

For example, if you are born in the U.S. but then renounce your citizenship, you are thus ineligible to be President. That is the issue with the Indonesia passport/adoption circumstances, not whether he was natural born.


16 posted on 10/24/2008 4:03:42 PM PDT by mrs9x
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To: Jim Noble

I had a thought the other day, it doesn’t matter where he was born, just that he was the son of an American citizen. That is how the left and the courts are going to rule at this point. I would think that SCOTUS would rule that way in a 5-4 decision. It would be a minor change to immigration law and not to the Constitution.


18 posted on 10/24/2008 4:04:31 PM PDT by ClayinVA ("Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it")
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To: Jim Noble
If Obama was born in Hawaii, he's all set.

Not if he lost his citizenship. The requirement is that you have to be NOW, not have been at some time, a natural born citizen.

I am not saying he isn't, don't misunderstand, I am just commenting on your point...

34 posted on 10/24/2008 4:12:07 PM PDT by mwilli20 ("I also have a bracelet?" Let's make Sen. Government an "also ran"!)
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To: Jim Noble

Sure you can.
Just go down to a US Consulate and tell them that you’re there to renounce your US Citizenship. They’ll guide you through the whole process.


51 posted on 10/24/2008 4:26:12 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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