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I don't post political stuff...umm...ever, because it serves little purpose. However, this is related to politics, but not political opinions.
I heard this before but now also read it as a note on someone's facebook - there is a big hullabaloo right now related to Barack Obama producing his birth certificate because they don't believe he was born in Hawai'i and may have been born in Kenya instead. Therefore, it is believed that he is not a natural born citizen...
I have a problem with this logic. Even if he was born in Kenya, he is still a natural born citizen because his mother was a citizen who lived in the country for more than 5 years (with at least 2 of them when she was older than 14...), therefore he was a citizen of the U.S. at birth. While natural born is not a clearly defined term, you are either natural born or naturalized and he is not naturalized....
See letter G... http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode08/usc_sec_08_00001401----000-.html
at least, that is my interpretation of the law.
Oh, and for some other interesting reading regarding this idea of "natural born" citizens which some are interpreting as "born on American soil," read this: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/us/politics/28mccain.html
I heard this before but now also read it as a note on someone's facebook - there is a big hullabaloo right now related to Barack Obama producing his birth certificate because they don't believe he was born in Hawai'i and may have been born in Kenya instead. Therefore, it is believed that he is not a natural born citizen...
I have a problem with this logic. Even if he was born in Kenya, he is still a natural born citizen because his mother was a citizen who lived in the country for more than 5 years (with at least 2 of them when she was older than 14...), therefore he was a citizen of the U.S. at birth. While natural born is not a clearly defined term, you are either natural born or naturalized and he is not naturalized....
See letter G... http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode08/usc_sec_08_00001401----000-.html
at least, that is my interpretation of the law.
Oh, and for some other interesting reading regarding this idea of "natural born" citizens which some are interpreting as "born on American soil," read this: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/us/politics/28mccain.html