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To: SiouxPal who wrote (136622)	6/13/2008 2:19:30 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361698

re individuals born in the Republic of Panama or the Canal Zone after February 1904 were automatically U.S. citizens.' you might want to check the time stamp on Crusty's birth cert.. photos.exposay.com LOL

To: SiouxPal who wrote (136622)	6/14/2008 10:25:13 PM
From: DismalScientist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361698

Pal Citizenship can be due to place of birth or parentage. Someone born to parents who are U.S. citizens is automatically a citizen no matter where they are born. Anyone born in the U.S.even if neither parent is a citizen is automatically a citizen. But only the latter qualifies as "natural born" and thus eligible to be POTUS. There could be a question about John McCain's eligibility, as the Panama Canal Zone is not natural U.S. territory but rather an area which the U.S controlled by treaty. This is no different, in principle, from the treaty with (pre-Castro) Cuba under which the U.S. controls Guantanamo Bay. If a pregnant detainee (I'm not even sure if we keep female prisoners there) gave birth there, would that person be eligible to POTUS? If John McCain is eligible, then that person is also eligible. AND that person would have only a slightly lesser chance of being elected. I happen to think that any U.S. citizen should be eligible to be POTUS. But that would require a constitutional amendment.