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Politics : John McCain for President -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: longnshort who wrote (4194)	10/14/2008 7:01:41 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6579

More smears, longnshort? Obama was born in Honolulu. However, even if he was born in Kenya, while his mother was on vacation, it wouldn't make any difference. he'd still be a US citizen. If you knew your US law, you'd also know that foreign born children of US citizens can become US citizens as well if they follow the proper procedures. Namely, notifying the nearest US embassy, filling out the proper forms there, and then getting a US birth certificate when they return home. This also applies to parents who have a child while on vacation. So if Obama's mother had a child while on vacation in Kenya, then that child would be eligible for US citizenship, as long as she followed the proper procedures. Yet again, you are proven to be a fraud, a liar, and a smear monger. Do you have any ability to do your own research at all? Or do you just willfully ignore all the facts? What a joke you are. law.cornell.edu usconstitution.net Natural-born citizen Who is a natural-born citizen? Who, in other words, is a citizen at birth, such that that person can be a President someday? The 14th Amendment defines citizenship this way: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." But even this does not get specific enough. As usual, the Constitution provides the framework for the law, but it is the law that fills in the gaps. Currently, Title 8 of the U.S. Code fills in those gaps. Section 1401 defines the following as people who are "citizens of the United States at birth:" * Anyone born inside the United States * Any Indian or Eskimo born in the United States, provided being a citizen of the U.S. does not impair the person's status as a citizen of the tribe * Any one born outside the United States, both of whose parents are citizens of the U.S., as long as one parent has lived in the U.S. * Any one born outside the United States, if one parent is a citizen and lived in the U.S. for at least one year and the other parent is a U.S. national * Any one born in a U.S. possession, if one parent is a citizen and lived in the U.S. for at least one year * Any one found in the U.S. under the age of five, whose parentage cannot be determined, as long as proof of non-citizenship is not provided by age 21 * Any one born outside the United States, if one parent is an alien and as long as the other parent is a citizen of the U.S. who lived in the U.S. for at least five years (with military and diplomatic service included in this time) * A final, historical condition: a person born before 5/24/1934 of an alien father and a U.S. citizen mother who has lived in the U.S. Anyone falling into these categories is considered natural-born, and is eligible to run for President or Vice President. These provisions allow the children of military families to be considered natural-born, for example.