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To: Hostage

It’s interesting that even here people don’t agree on what NBC means. You have the

“Both Parents were Citizens” group
“Both Parents were Citizens and Born in a State”
“Both Parents were Citizens and Born ‘under jurisdiction’ which includes the Panama Canal Zone”
“Was a citizen at the time of his birth, by any circumstance including one parent, or birth on US soil alone. All citizens who are not naturalized”

This has never been clarified by the Congress, so it’s down to battling interpretations. Some use 18th century legal dictionaries, some use obscure case law to back up their favored theories.


18 posted on 06/19/2012 11:09:23 AM PDT by Jack Black ( Whatever is left of American patriotism is now identical with counter-revolution.)
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To: Jack Black

I’d like a settled answer to the NBC question too.
My wife is Canadian, permanent USA resident.
My kids were born in the States. Are they NBCs? can I honestly tell them they could grow up to be President?


20 posted on 06/30/2012 8:52:15 AM PDT by ctdonath2 ($1 meals: http://abuckaplate.blogspot.com)
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