On 9 June 2010 01:59, Jimmy Kaplowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. :) >
Well here you go =) moved when she was 8 (lived in germany, marocco & canada), came back when she was 61 and got elected as president the next year and served two terms. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaira_V%C4%AB%C4%B7e-Freiberga I don't have information when she regained her second Latvian citizenship. >> 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] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
