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Natural-born-citizen clause

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Is it possible for a foreign born US citizen to become President? Because the constitution does not say explicitly that one has to be exclusively a natural born citizen. Article I, section II, "No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States." Does this mean that a person who acquired citizenship can be legally President?
 
mvideira98 said:
Is it possible for a foreign born US citizen to become President? Because the constitution does not say explicitly that one has to be exclusively a natural born citizen. Article I, section II, "No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States." Does this mean that a person who acquired citizenship can be legally President?
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Only a natural born US citizens were intended to be eligible for POTUS but naturalized US citizens are likely to be eligible as well. My two brothers were born in Germany, the family was there due to my father's active duty US Army station assignment, but are naturalized US citizens and have never had any other citizenship.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural-born-citizen_clause
 
mvideira98 said:
Is it possible for a foreign born US citizen to become President? Because the constitution does not say explicitly that one has to be exclusively a natural born citizen. Article I, section II, "No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States." Does this mean that a person who acquired citizenship can be legally President?
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at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution
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The US Constitution is littered with vague language that could easily confuse a whore house full of naughty women .......

that is (one reason) why we have a SCOTUS so, they can be the 'decider' and piss everyone off while they interpret the document .........
 
If your parents are American citizens and you are born outside the US, perhaps due to parents in the military, you are a natural born citizen and would be able to run for President. If, however, you had to apply for citizenship, like Arnold Schwarzenegger, you would not be eligible to run.

Now, that is the general consensus among legal experts I have heard. It hasn’t really been tested in court so who knows how it would play out.
 
It is typically read to be a natural born citizen, i.e. a person born in the country, and who is at least 35 years of age at time when running for election. The rest refers to any person who was already living in, or immigrated to the colonies up to the time the Constitution was ratified and became the law of the land.

The second criteria meant that in order to be eligible to run, even if at least 35 years old, the person who immigrated at or before the date the Constitution was ratified had to have been a resident for at least 14 years. It has never been interpreted to mean anyone "naturalized" i.e. foreign-born of foreign parentage.

The consensus of early 21st-century constitutional scholars, together with relevant case law, is that natural-born citizens include, subject to exceptions, those born in the United States. Many scholars have also concluded that those who meet the legal requirements for U.S. citizenship "at the moment of birth", regardless of place of birth, are also natural-born citizens.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural-born-citizen_clause

The object was to prevent foreign influence/control over the country...like a literal Manchurian Candidate from China, or Russian sleeper-agent becoming President after obtaining citizenship and residing 14 years.
 
Captain Adverse said:
It is typically read to be a natural born citizen, i.e. a person born in the country, and who is at least 35 years of age at time when running for election. The rest refers to any person who was already living in, or immigrated to the colonies up to the time the Constitution was ratified and became the law of the land.

The second criteria meant that in order to be eligible to run, even if at least 35 years old, the person who immigrated at or before the date the Constitution was ratified had to have been a resident for at least 14 years. It has never been interpreted to mean anyone "naturalized" i.e. foreign-born of foreign parentage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural-born-citizen_clause

The object was to prevent foreign influence/control over the country...like a literal Manchurian Candidate from China, or Russian sleeper-agent becoming President after obtaining citizenship and residing 14 years.
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I agree, also at the time the constitution was ratified, almost everyone here was born in an English colony.
 
Captain Adverse said:
The object was to prevent foreign influence/control over the country...like a literal Manchurian Candidate from China, or Russian sleeper-agent becoming President after obtaining citizenship and residing 14 years.
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The wild and crazy US paranoia has always run deep.
 
mvideira98 said:
Is it possible for a foreign born US citizen to become President? Because the constitution does not say explicitly that one has to be exclusively a natural born citizen. Article I, section II, "No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States." Does this mean that a person who acquired citizenship can be legally President?[/QUOT` A person can be foreign born and still be a u.s. citizen... A natural born citizen is anyone whos parent never owed allegiance to a foreign government. that's why its worded so the founders could be exempt. they were the last ones who could be president having allegiance to a foreign power
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ttwtt78640 said:
Only a natural born US citizens were intended to be eligible for POTUS but naturalized US citizens are likely to be eligible as well. My two brothers were born in Germany, the family was there due to my father's active duty US Army station assignment, but are naturalized US citizens and have never had any other citizenship.
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No, that's not the meaning of "Naturalized Citizen".
A Naturalized citizen is someone who was born with a foreign nationality (eg Arnold Schwartzenegger) and took up US citizenship.


A Natural Born citizen is one who was born a US Citizen - your brothers are natural born US citizens.
The were citizens of the USA, the moment they were born.
 
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