Add to ORKGArticle II, section 1 of the Constitution provides that “No Person except a natural born Citizen . . . shall be eligible to the Office of President . . . .” A person must be a citizen at birth to be a natural born citizen. Senator McCain was born in the Canal Zone in 1936. Although he is now a U.S. citizen, the law in effect in 1936 did not grant him citizenship at birth. Because he was not born a citizen, he is not eligible to the office of president
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With the rise of non-native-born American politicians, the natural born citizen requirement in the U...
The long-running “birther” controversy–a rather bizarre conspiracy theory which holds that President...
Article II, section 1 of the Constitution provides that “No Person except a natural born Citizen . ....
Many things may obstruct John McCain’s path to the White House, but his citizenship status is not am...
Senator John McCain was born a citizen in 1936. Professor Gabriel J. Chin challenges this view in th...
The enigmatic phrase natural born citizen poses a series of problems for contemporary originalism....
The following discussion describes the historical context of the natural born citizenship clause; ex...
Article II of the Constitution requires that the President be a “natural born Citizen.” The phrase i...
Senator Ted Cruz’s campaign for the Republican presidential nomination again raised the question whe...
This Article uses the issue of presidential qualification as a vehicle to examine the meaning of cit...
This article explores the controversy surrounding the natural born citizenship proviso in order to d...
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American Samoa holds the unique distinction of being the only American jurisdiction whose residents ...
The 2008 election cycle has been a busy one for legal disputes over the qualifications of presidenti...
There are two basic methods for acquiring U.S. citizenship at birth: by place of birth or by descent...
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