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Originally Posted by asaris
Conspiracy case. Obama has released his birth certificate, I believe there's scans of it floating around on the internet.
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Not a factor in my voting so I don't care, but the below may apply to Obama as well as McCain.
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McCain was born in the canal zone, and there's a plausible (though, I think, ultimately unsuccessful) argument to be made that the way in which he gained citizenship does not make him a natural born citizen.
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This is what I wanted to comment on, because there is no chance of even a plausible argument to this. I figure this info will help you. I don't truly care one way about McCain or Obama in this aspect. But the info maybe helpful to you. This was stuff I learned in 11th grade.
If you are born overseas and both of your parents are natural born US citizens and have lived in the US, you are a US citizen..... this could be McCain.
All persons born in the United States, except those not subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. government (such as children of foreign diplomats) are citizens under the Fourteenth Amendment. Persons born in the United States, and persons born on foreign soil to two U.S. parents, are born American citizens and are classified as citizens at birth under 8 USC 1401... this could and does include illegal immigrants who have their children born here.
If you are born in a "organized and incorporated territory of the United States", you are a US natural born citizen..... Barry Goldwater, Obama.
The only argument that neither Constitutionally cannot run because of citizenry would be if one had not lived in the US 14 years as a resident. Since both have..... this should not really be an issue.
Natural-born citizen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia