Skylar
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I doubt the framers envisioned an American married to a Cuban exile living in Canada, or an American living in Hawaii married to a .... Kenyan muslm Marxist socialist. (--: Or an American born in Panama on a permanent US military base.
I think they envisioned that IF a person born out of this country yet born to two American parents, that this child would be considered natural born.
One American parent has a child outside of the country, the kid is a citizen but not a natural born citizen.
Or maybe the framers intended that a natural born citizen not be born by c section.
Hows that for natural born?
I believe McCain has 2 American citizen parents.
Obama was born in the USA to one American parent.
ted has a problem. He aint natural born.
Hell ted doesnt seem very natural about anything. He is weird.
Madison definitely picked a side on the 'parentage v. place of birth' controversy.
James Madison said:It is an established maxim that birth is a criterion of allegiance. Birth however derives its force sometimes from place and sometimes from parentage, but in general place is the most certain criterion; it is what applies in the United States; it will therefore be unnecessary to investigate any other.
Article 1, Section 2, Clause 2: James Madison, House of Representatives
So place is definitely covered.