On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 12:26:33AM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote: > Moving on to [email protected];
I hope you got permission to quote the person you replied to publicly. :) [That's the only reason I kept -private in the recipient list for this mail; I will drop it in any further posts I make in descended from your -curiosa post.] Regardless, since your mail was public: > Actually, it seems you may not need to be born in US territories; > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_born_citizen_of_the_United_States > > *I* interperate the situation as being: As long as you are, at the > quanta of your birth, a citizen, you're a natural born citizen. As of right now it hasn't been finally settled either way, but that is probably how it would be interpreted, especially given that John McCain would probably have been allowed to take office had he won in 2008 (he was not born on US territory). In a CS/rules geek context I wonder what would happen if someone was unquestionably a natural born citizen, then renounced or citizenship, then was naturalized to regain citizenship. However I can't imagine a situation in which such a person would get elected President (or VP) even if they would be eligible. :) > Mind you, I would say that :) I *did* point this out to you on IRC, Mr. Semi-Stealth USian From Birth. :) - Jimmy Kaplowitz [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
