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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Being born to an American citizen makes one a citizen in all ways, except that required for the Presidency.  That requires that you must be born on US soil ("natural born"), which includes US military installations overseas (e.g where John McCain was born).  I think the funniest thing was that Trump challenged Obama to present his birth certificate.  Then Trump could only present the same type of certificate that Obama has.

I say, relax the 'natural born' citizen requirement and let Arnold Schwarzenegger run for Pres.][/quote]
Can you give some documentation of the precise meaning of "natural born"?  My understanding is that, although what you described is the traditional understanding, it has never been adjudicated because it has never come up in practice.[/quote]
If I were Obama, I wouldn't want this question ruled on by the present members of the US Supreme Court.[/quote]
The Court, with the same five conservative justices, turned down a suit on the issue, on Dec. 8, 2008.  If there were not enough votes to hear the case, there were clearly not enough to declare him ineligible.  And that was before he became President, when it would have been far less disruptive.

Recall that we liberals, despite being pissed at the Court for intervening in Bush - Gore, despite the fact that Gore won on the national vote, and despite the fact that it was almost certain that the butterfly ballots and other Florida irregularities caused the Florida vote to switch from Gore to Bush despite the wishes of the majority, made less of a fuss than the birthers are making over a very questionable technicality of birth location of the son of an American mother.  And to pat us liberals on the back again, we are respectful enough of our fellow citizens to discuss this silly issue as though it deserved comment.[/quote]

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