Joe from Kokomo wrote:
For the sake of this discussion, even if he was physically born in
Kenya (or Timbuktu or where ever), he would be an American citizen
by virtue of his mother being a citizen -- and nobody is
questioning her citizenship.

Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:

Nope, the constituion says "natural born citizen", which has been
interpreted as being on US soil.

Interesting.

So you are saying that if a pregnant American citizen, for whatever
reason (vacation, airline attendant), gives birth overseas, that her
child would never be able to be president? Just because the mother
happened to be on vacation?

Is this an "interpretation" of the law or an actual law? If an
"interpretation" (opinion), is this opinion treated as being
cast-in-concrete, and as carrying the same weight of a hard and fast
actual law?

Actual (and factual) citation please, if you have it.

Ted Kennedy and FDR Junior were both born in Canada, which is why
they never ran for president.

Even a cursory search of several web sites shows that Ted Kennedy was
born in Massachusetts. Pardon me for saying so, but this seems to put
somewhat of a dent in your credibility. Possibly Ted, with two brothers
having been assassinated, saw the handwriting on the wall and didn't run
for that reason (or for Chappaquiddick), but certainly NOT for "being
born in Canada". Also, maybe FDR Jr. just didn't want to run for any
number of reasons.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is a "naturalized" citizen which means he can't run...

Thank you for pointing it out, but I am fully aware of the implications
and meaning of "naturalized".

Again, a citation please for a child being born out of the country to an
American citizen.

Joe