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To: Cboldt; CharlesWayneCT
I also don't think that being born in the US is a necessary condition for being a natural born US Citizen.

I amend my previous post. Cboldt is correct. The key factor is the parents being subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. This was precisely the situation with John McCain's birth.

373 posted on 07/31/2009 6:38:31 AM PDT by tarheelswamprat
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375 posted on 07/31/2009 7:01:16 AM PDT by kabar
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To: tarheelswamprat
-- The key factor is the parents being subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. --

Yep. I think what the founders were aiming to do was limit the presidency to those people who were born to and would be raised by citizens. And in the day, families were "ruled" by the father, making citizenship and allegiance of the father most important.

376 posted on 07/31/2009 7:05:48 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: tarheelswamprat

McCain was born outside the country, and therefore needed some different method for being ‘natural born’.


378 posted on 07/31/2009 7:21:59 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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