[EQAndyBuzz]

If the father is not a US Citizen, then the child is not a “natural born citizen”

Where in the constitution does it say this? Because this is so easy and yet people are nuts over where the president was born.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Mark Levin is a constitutional lawyer and he isn’t touching this. You would think that if Obama wasn’t a NBC and not eligible to be president he would be leading the parade.

But he isn’t. Why?

[opentalk]

Still does not Constitutionally qualify as NBC. You have to wonder why they fought with the lawsuits. Maybe to stop a NBC argument. I don't think the released COLB had fathers place of birth. This does.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"If the father is not a US Citizen, then the child is not a “natural born citizen”

Where in the constitution does it say this?"

It doesn't. The people who claim this stuff go back to Vattel and his "Law of Nations" which admittedly was consulted upon and known to the founders when they came up with the requirements for the Presidency. The term "Natural Born" comes from Vattel. He said that a Natural Born person was someone who was born in their country to parents who are citizen(s) (plural not singular).

However, these same founders went on to further define in the Naturalization act of 1790 (notice that is the very first Congress) what a Natural Born Citizen is. We don't need to consult Vattel. The Founders defined it legislatively. In that act, it said any person (it was white person at the time, later laws included everyone) born in the United States is "Natural Born". There were other exceptions also such as born outside the U.S. to American citizens, but the first one is the only one we need to know in regards to shooting down this argument birthers make.

[tips up]

The definition of NBC is not in the constitution, but in other papers and court cases. Consensus is that both parents need to be US citizens at the time of the child’s birth. Arnold is a US citizen but not a NBC and not eligible to be Pres.