So let's finish this very entertaining and I guess for birthers educative thread:
Quote from jem:
Being born here does not necessarily make you are natural born citizen. The definition has not been determined.
Actually, yes and yes. In plain English a natural born citizen is who was born on US soil, as compared to a citizen who became a citizen later in life by migrating here, like Arnold, for example.
So Arnold, The Terminator is ineligible for the US presidency, but a kid, whose Mexican mother was smuggled across the border while pregnant with the kid and the kid was born inside the USA, is.
Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393 (1857): In regard to the "natural born citizen" clause, the dissent states that
such citizenship is acquired by place of birth (jus soli), not through blood or lineage (jus sanguinis):
Clear now????
For weekend reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_born_citizen
"On June 18, 1787, Alexander Hamilton submitted to the Convention a sketch of a plan of government. Article IX, section 1 of Hamilton's plan provided:
No person shall be eligible to the office of President of the United States unless he be now a Citizen of one of the States, or
hereafter be born a Citizen of the United States.
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"On July 28, 2009, Hawaii Health Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino issued a statement saying, "I ... have seen the original vital records maintained on file by the Hawaii State Department of Health verifying Barack Hussein Obama was born in Hawaii and is a natural-born American citizen."On July 27, 2009, the
U.S. House of Representatives passed H.Res. 593, commemorating the 50th anniversary of Hawaii's statehood, including the text, "Whereas the 44th President of the United States,
Barack Obama, was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961".The vote passed 378-0"
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In even painer English, if nothing else, Congress made Obama a natural born citizen.