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What is the law which states that if a person's parents have been citizens of the U.S. for 10 years...?
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What is the law which states that if a person's parents have been citizens of the U.S. for 10 years, the child is eligible for president? A friend and I were arguing about McCain being born in Panama, but I remember a law saying this rule. (dont even talk about Obama's fake certificate, that's another thing we're debating)
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here we go, I found the place where
I read it
"The First Congress, on March 26, 1790, approved an act that declared, 'The children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond sea, or outside the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural-born citizens of the United States.' That would seem to include McCain, whose parents were both citizens and whose father was a Navy officer stationed at the U.S. naval base in Panama at the time of John's birth in 1936."
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The terms of citizenship are interpreted very strictly. A President must be a natural born citizen, meaning that immigrants are not eligible to run for President, no matter how long they have lived in the United States. If a child of American citizens is born abroad, he or she is technically considered a natural born citizen, and can therefore hold Presidential office. In addition, a Presidential candidate must have actually lived in the United States for at least 14 years, presumably so that he or she is aware of general issues which impact the American populace.
McCains parents were legal US citizens even though he was born abroad he is considered natural born and is a legal citizen of the US and meets this requirement. |
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phatphil
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The US Constitution says:
"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..."
So, if you are a citizen at birth and you're 35+ then you're eligible. I don't know where the 10 years thing comes from. |
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