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by Retric 3496 days ago
As a matter of constitutional law, natural-born citizen is kind of undefined. If he had been born outside the US, the would have had dual or even triple citizenship at birth which would seemingly also qualify.
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Right...undecided in courts, but my (naive) reading of it would mean that you have to be a citizen from the moment you leave the birth canal. It doesn't seem like it should matter where exactly you were born...if your American parents were vacationing in Bermuda for 1 week when you were born prematurely, that means you can't run for president 35+ years later?
Ted Cruz, a Canadian, was almost nominated as the Replubican candidate. Clearly, a large number of people feel that the definition of natural American citizen is a bit more flexible then that.
That's exactly in line with my statement. His mother was an American - it shouldn't matter where he happened to be born.