There is no mechanism whereby a child can have his American citizenship status altered by any action of the child or his parents.
Whether he was an Indonesian citizen under Indonesian law due to an adoption is quite irrelevant to his status under American law as a citizen.
It is not easy to lose American citizenship. One must take precise actions, as an adult, that unequivocally indicate an intention to renounce American citizenship. There is no evidence that Obama ever took any such action.
I agree his refusal to release original BC is odd, and that he is hiding something. Whatever it is, it’s likely to be embarassing rather than disqualifying.
In any case, his original BC wouldn’t show anything with regard to Indonesia, as he was six when he went there.
You are assuming that he didn’t get an Indonesian passport as an adult. He traveled to Pakistan, India, and elsewhere in 1981. He was adopted by his stepfather and did have Indonesian citizenship - see the following:
http://usatodayadforobamarecords.blogspot.com/2008/11/soetoro-divorce-papers-reveal-obama-was.html
He received a U.S. passport upon becoming a Senator (you have to turn in your old one when you get a new one). The question would be, did he have an old U.S. one to turn in. It would be odd, for someone who traveled as a child and as a young adult, if he did not have a U.S. passport. But, of course, he was an Indonesian citizen until age eighteen. Or was he an Indonesian citizen as an adult, too?
As an adult of 20 years (1981) he would have had to repudiate his U.S. citizenship to get an Indonesian passport, as Indonesia doesn’t recognize dual citizenship. Before going to Pakistan, Obama went to Indonesia and was there three weeks. Why? His mother wasn’t there, she was in Pakistan working for U.S.Aid, or Hawaii getting a divorce (depends upon which source you want to believe!).
Records at the State Department would be very important for the Supreme Court to review, to see if he had a U.S. passport for those years. Being the citizen of a foreign nation then coming to the United States and NOT becoming naturalized would definitely result in deportation. Forget being President!
Since Senator Obama considers himself a “citizen of the world”, I imagine he wouldn’t have thought twice about repudiating U.S. citizenship in his 20’s.
Birth certificate, grade school records, University admission and grade records - he is sure hiding a hell of a lot of documentation for someone who promised transparency as a candidate!