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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 115,656 Founders Club
    YellowSnow said:

    RaceBannon said:

    Pitchfork51 said:

    Isn't the whole argument that you have to be born on us soil?

    I can't run for president for that reason

    McCain was born on an army base as I recall in Germany
    Canal Zone is not in Germany.
    So?
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,733 Founders Club
    RaceBannon said:

    YellowSnow said:

    RaceBannon said:

    Pitchfork51 said:

    Isn't the whole argument that you have to be born on us soil?

    I can't run for president for that reason

    McCain was born on an army base as I recall in Germany
    Canal Zone is not in Germany.
    So?
    So buttons.
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  • Pitchfork51
    Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 27,684
    edited July 2018
    One must be a "natural born us citizen"

    But it doesn't say what the criteria of that are
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  • USMChawk
    USMChawk Member Posts: 1,800
    Born on US soil or born abroad and at least one of your parents is a US citizen. There’s some additional paperwork to be done if born abroad.
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  • Squirt
    Squirt Member Posts: 485
    edited July 2018
    A good analysis of the meaning of "natural born citizen" is here.

    TL;DR: It's pretty clear that the phrase refers to anyone who is a citizen at birth. So Barack Hussein Obama (with his indisputably born-in-Kansas, U.S.-citizen mother) was qualified to be President, even if he had been born in Kenya, and so were John McCain and even Ted Cruz's born-in-Canada ass.
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  • Pitchfork51
    Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 27,684
    So I'm in.
    USMChawk said:

    Born on US soil or born abroad and at least one of your parents is a US citizen. There’s some additional paperwork to be done if born abroad.

    Like what?

    I'm just curious because my birth certificate is a us birth certificate. As far as I know I don't have a Canadian one at all.

    I'm assuming my mom had to let the consulate know or something. Or maybe it's just so common Canada has a process.
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  • Dude61
    Dude61 Member Posts: 1,254
    Squirt said:

    A good analysis of the meaning of "natural born citizen" is here.

    TL;DR: It's pretty clear that the phrase refers to anyone who is a citizen at birth. So Barack Hussein Obama (with his indisputably born-in-Kansas, U.S.-citizen mother) was qualified to be President, even if he had been born in Kenya, and so were John McCain and even Ted Cruz's born-in-Canada ass.

    Both parents have to be citizens and one of whom has had residence in the US or one of it's outlying possessions prior to the birth of the child.
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  • USMChawk
    USMChawk Member Posts: 1,800
    Pitchfork51 said:

    So I'm in.


    USMChawk said:

    Born on US soil or born abroad and at least one of your parents is a US citizen. There’s some additional paperwork to be done if born abroad.

    Like what?

    I'm just curious because my birth certificate is a us birth certificate. As far as I know I don't have a Canadian one at all.

    I'm assuming my mom had to let the consulate know or something. Or maybe it's just so common Canada has a process.
    If you have a US birth certificate then you qualify as a natural born citizen. Why do you think you’re ineligible to run for President?
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  • USMChawk
    USMChawk Member Posts: 1,800
    Dude61 said:

    Squirt said:

    A good analysis of the meaning of "natural born citizen" is here.

    TL;DR: It's pretty clear that the phrase refers to anyone who is a citizen at birth. So Barack Hussein Obama (with his indisputably born-in-Kansas, U.S.-citizen mother) was qualified to be President, even if he had been born in Kenya, and so were John McCain and even Ted Cruz's born-in-Canada ass.

    Both parents have to be citizens and one of whom has had residence in the US or one of it's outlying possessions prior to the birth of the child.
    I don’t believe this is true. Just one parent is all it takes.

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  • Pitchfork51
    Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 27,684
    USMChawk said:

    Pitchfork51 said:

    So I'm in.


    USMChawk said:

    Born on US soil or born abroad and at least one of your parents is a US citizen. There’s some additional paperwork to be done if born abroad.

    Like what?

    I'm just curious because my birth certificate is a us birth certificate. As far as I know I don't have a Canadian one at all.

    I'm assuming my mom had to let the consulate know or something. Or maybe it's just so common Canada has a process.
    If you have a US birth certificate then you qualify as a natural born citizen. Why do you think you’re ineligible to run for President?
    I thought you had to be born on US soil.

    My life is a lie!
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