Qualifications for the Office of President

[LynneSin]

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.

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So what qualifies one as a natural born citizen?

http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_citi.html

•Anyone born inside the United States *
•Any Indian or Eskimo born in the United States, provided being a citizen of the U.S. does not impair the person's status as a citizen of the tribe
•Any one born outside the United States, both of whose parents are citizens of the U.S., as long as one parent has lived in the U.S.
•Any one born outside the United States, if one parent is a citizen and lived in the U.S. for at least one year and the other parent is a U.S. national
•Any one born in a U.S. possession, if one parent is a citizen and lived in the U.S. for at least one year
•Any one found in the U.S. under the age of five, whose parentage cannot be determined, as long as proof of non-citizenship is not provided by age 21
•Any one born outside the United States, if one parent is an alien and as long as the other parent is a citizen of the U.S. who lived in the U.S. for at least five years (with military and diplomatic service included in this time)
•A final, historical condition: a person born before 5/24/1934 of an alien father and a U.S. citizen mother who has lived in the U.S.


I think Ann Durham qualifies as a parent who has lived in the USA for at least 5 years. So to be honest, it doesn't matter where Obama was born, he qualifies because of his mother.

[warrior1]

1. That's what I've been saying

Why is it, this is even an issue for the birthers? Because they are racist.

[ejpoeta]

2. you forgot one....

unless the person is black. then unless he provides his long form birth certificate to the satisfaction of tea party folks or donald trump




and just in case it is needed: :sarcasm:

[MineralMan]

4. Next, they'll demand the sheets from the hospital, so they can

check the DNA. There is no end to their madness.

[MineralMan]

3. None of that matters, since he was born in the US.

The rest is just grist for the teabaggers' mill. Since he was born in the US, he fits the first description. That's all that's needed.

[Scuba]

5. Are you saying he's no longer black?

That's the only thing that would shut them up.

[LynneSin]

6. Technically he's only half-black. People tend to forget he's half-white too...

usually the racist teabaggers forget that.