Will Democrats Question Mitt Romney's Eligibility Because Of His Father? It Seems So.

Yep and in theory that would make Romney ineligible to be President under birther logic. Now birther logic is extremely flawed I admit, but they have to be consistent right?

 

So you're a racist then? I knew it!

 

How do we know his parents were US citizens? It sounds like they left the U.S. voluntarily to avoid U.S. law in Utah. Did they give up their citizenship when they left? Can you give us a link to their long form BCs? And proof of their citizenship? They're surely on the internet somewhere, aren't they?

 

Mitt - but I see now that Mitt was supposedly born in Michigan and his father was born in Mexico - is that right?

 

I think those are all legitimate questions. I look forward to Orly's Youtube video on the subject.

 

LOL! So do I!

 

If Mitt’s dad was not a citizen at the time of his birth, then Mitt is NOT a Natural Born Citizen, any more than Obama is.

 

Oh Apuzzo. Your colorful definition of natural born citizen still doesn't mean jack (*)(*)(*)(*) in the real world. Try again next week.

 

Then Obama is a spineless wimp who can't even stand up to your alleged "small minority."

Libs should find a president with a pair.

 

Natural born U.S. citizen has pretty much always been defined as

1) Having one parent who is an American citizen.

or

2) Being born within the United States or in U.S. controlled territory (U.S. ship, embassy consulate).

Case closed.

 

Wrong.

There are three types of legal citizenship recognized by our government:

native born - {jus solis} born in this country from parents subject to the jurisdiction of the United States;

derived citizenship - {jus sanguinis} born in a foreign nation of U.S. citizen parents (plural).

naturalized citizenship - foreign born person naturalizes as a U.S. citizen.

All three above are types of statutory U.S. citizenship and are eligible to serve in the U.S. Houses of Congress. None of them, by itself, is eligible to serve as President of the United States, which requires a natural born citizen. The only place in U.S. law that occurs for a natural born Citizen is in Article II Section I, as an eligibility requirement for President of the United States. Natural born citizenship is not a type of statutory citizenship. Minor v. Happersett provides the definition: a natural born citizen is born in the U.S.A. of citizen parents. Obama's father was not a citizen.