Re: why birtherism might not matter, even if it's true ...

I'm no expert in this area and don't intend to become one.  But my 
understanding was that you had to be born in the US to become president.  I 
don't know that your parents had to have been us citizens.  IOW, I think any 
birthright citizen could become president assuming you were born on us soil 
and a citizen when you were running for office.  I don't know that there is 
a continuity of citizenship requirement.

Mike F.




-----Original Message----- 
From: Peter T. Chattaway
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 9:29 AM
To: DADL (off topic)
Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] why birtherism might not matter, even if it's true 
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On Fri, 22 Apr 2011, Bruce Geerdes wrote:

> > Ergo, *it doesn't matter* where Obama was born.
>
> It seems that's debatable. Some differentiate between "citizen at birth" 
> (which Obama certainly was, being born to a US citizen) and "natural-born 
> citizen", which some define solely as being born on US soil.

Well, I've also heard it argued that Obama needed to be born on U.S. soil
*and* be the son of U.S. citizens to be a "natural-born citizen" -- in
which case, again, his birth certificate would be irrelevant.

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