14th Amendment: Section 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.
Title 8 United States Code Section 1401, 1952: The following shall be nationals and citizens of the United States at birth: (a) a person born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof.
Sorry, but you guys are trying to redefine what a natural born citizen is and how it is made. If you are a citizen at birth you are natural born. Any attempt at redefinition is just conspiracy theorist style stupidity.
The logical conclusion you guys are trying to make is not only must a candidate show a birth certificate but they must also show their parents certificate and all other certificate going back to when the contry was founded.
The fact is some countries consider a person and all their offspring citizens. So, if England wants to keep EVERYONE from becoming President all they would need to do is grant citizenship status to all current US citizens and then everyone would be dual citizens and not qualified according to your broken logic.
RE: The logical conclusion you guys are trying to make is not only must a candidate show a birth certificate but they must also show their parents certificate and all other certificate going back to when the contry was founded.
Only the parent’s CITIZENSHIP AT TIME OF BIRTH OF THE CHILD will suffice. Please don’t add more than what was required.
For instance, if Bobby Jindal’s parents were Naturalized US citizens at the time of his birth ( and we know he was born in Louisiana ), that makes him Natural Born.
If his parents were not US citizens at the time of his birth, that makes him Native born and not constitutionally qualified to be President ( as much as I like him ).
We don’t have to go all the way to his ancestors.