Re: Forthcoming acceptance of a Cuban DD

On 9 June 2010 01:59, Jimmy Kaplowitz <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 12:26:33AM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote:
>> Moving on to [email protected];
>
> I hope you got permission to quote the person you replied to publicly. :)
> [That's the only reason I kept -private in the recipient list for this mail; I
> will drop it in any further posts I make in descended from your -curiosa post.]
> Regardless, since your mail was public:
>
>> Actually, it seems you may not need to be born in US territories;
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_born_citizen_of_the_United_States
>>
>> *I* interperate the situation as being: As long as you are, at the
>> quanta of your birth, a citizen, you're a natural born citizen.
>
> As of right now it hasn't been finally settled either way, but that is probably
> how it would be interpreted, especially given that John McCain would probably
> have been allowed to take office had he won in 2008 (he was not born on US
> territory). In a CS/rules geek context I wonder what would happen if someone
> was unquestionably a natural born citizen, then renounced or citizenship, then
> was naturalized to regain citizenship. However I can't imagine a situation in
> which such a person would get elected President (or VP) even if they would be
> eligible. :)
>

Well here you go =) moved when she was 8 (lived in germany, marocco &
canada), came back when she was 61 and got elected as president the
next year and served two terms.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaira_V%C4%AB%C4%B7e-Freiberga

I don't have information when she regained her second Latvian citizenship.


>> Mind you, I would say that :)
>
> I *did* point this out to you on IRC, Mr. Semi-Stealth USian From Birth. :)
>
> - Jimmy Kaplowitz
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