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CHLSteve wrote:

Its not over yet!

Um, yeah... it is.... You can't possibly think this type of thing is going to gain any traction? It is OVER.

John wrote:

Liberty wrote:

KBCraig wrote:It's not just the birth certificate. If he was legitimately born in Hawaii, but adopted by his Indonesian stepfather, then his citizenship lies in Indonesia.

I am confused. If his Mother was an American Citizen then isn't he also an American Citizen?

Yes he is. But the requirement is to be a natural born citizen. There is speculation that he was born in Kenya while him mum was on a trip there. Since he was not around in physical body at the time of the Adoption of the constitution, he doesn't get to rely on the "or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constituion" clause. McCain is kind of, almost, in the same boat though. We know that he was born on a military base in the panama canal, but they had, back then, passed a law saying that anyone on born on the canal to us parents in the military, was considered a US Citizen.

If push come to shove, Liberty, you could get Bob Barr after all if both Obama and McCain were to be judged not Natural Born...

No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

KBCraig wrote:It's not just the birth certificate. If he was legitimately born in Hawaii, but adopted by his Indonesian stepfather, then his citizenship lies in Indonesia.