To: allmendream
Vattel wrote "The natives, or natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens." Had McCain been born "on-base" in Panama, arguably Vattel would have found him to be a natural born citizen. But McCain was born in a hospital off-base. Hence the dilemma regarding his eligibility as a citizen by statute.
85 posted on
05/06/2013 9:01:49 AM PDT by
so_real
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To: so_real
Did you only ever read that ONE passage of Vattel?
Vattel went on to say that the children of soldiers serving overseas would be counted as born IN country for such purposes.
So according to Vattel, McCain would be an indigenous or native (natural born) citizen.
88 posted on
05/06/2013 9:12:04 AM PDT by
allmendream
(Tea Party did not send GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
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