On Jan 2, 5:12*pm, John Smith wrote:
ka6uup wrote:

* ...

His Mother is/was an American citizen. Therefore he is an American
citizen no matter where he was born

I am no attorney. *However, I strongly suspect you are correct. *Only a
very rudimentary amount of logic need be applied to support your point.

If an American woman (and citizen) gives birth on foreign soil, I don't
see a large battle in attaining American citizenship for the child; *I
suspect it is only a formality in completing the proper paperwork.

Certainly American tourists must experience this daily; *I have never
heard of any discussion/challenges as to whether the child has a right
to American citizenship, or not ... true, the child may have dual
citizenship, depending on what is recognized by the country of true
physical birth ...

- Doesn't the constitution state, " "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."

- Since there are NEITHER any "natural born citizens"
- or even "citizens of the united states" who were alive
- at the adoption of that constitution, STILL ALIVE,
- it could equally, and with like logic, be argued that no
- one has the right of being president of the United States!

JS - In this instance your 'Logic' is clearly Flawed ~ RHF

- So, it would seem, indeed, he IS a natural born citizen ...
- and, was, quite NATURALLY, so because his mother
- was a citizen.

Since Barack Hussein Obama is a Natural Born US
Citizen "By Birth in the State of Hawaii" : I does no
matter that his Mother was a US Citizen; or for that
matter that his Father was a Citizen of Kenya/British.

'natural born by birth' -means- "Natural Born By Birth" [.]

'age of 35 years' -means- 'Age of 35 Years"

- But, this is how fools make lawyers rich, I guess ...
- Regards,
- JS

JS - Now Go Make A Lawyer Rich ;-} ~ RHF

CONCLUSION - Barack Obama is :
1 - A Natural Born US Citizen
2 - Attained the Age of 35 Years
3 - Legally the US President-Elect