Obama and the Birthers

[Bond]

You're right, Typhoid.

Article II, Section I of the Constitution:

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.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitut...articleii.html

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Bond

You're right, Typhoid.

Article II, Section I of the Constitution:

Ah, but then the argument begins of what "natural born" means. All current legal precedent supports the notion that citizenship follows blood before boundaries. Meaning: Obama's mom was a citizen so he is a citizen, regardless of where he was born.

[Bond]

Originally Posted by Professor S

Ah, but then the argument begins of what "natural born" means. All current legal precedent supports the notion that citizenship follows blood before boundaries. Meaning: Obama's mom was a citizen so he is a citizen, regardless of where he was born.

True, but there are still limitations. For instance, whether or not the child was born overseas to one or two U.S. citizen parents, whether or not those parents were in wedlock, etc.

In any case, this makes the "Birthers" argument even more absurd.