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Question: Should the US Constitution be amended to allow foreign-born citizens to be elected President?
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Yes		  
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Yes, after they have been a citizen for 10 years		  
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Yes, after they have been a citizen for 20 years		  
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« Reply #50 on: January 03, 2009, 06:42:33 PM »
Why not? What if a President's daughter somehow was born while on an overseas trip, maybe a two weeks early (it probably wouldn't happen, but just go along with it)? Should place of birth disqualify someone from the presidency even if they are as American and patriotic as they could be? I'm sure there are plenty of Anti-Americans who can qualify for the presidency right now, so why don't we just open it up to people who actually are patriotic despite their place of birth.
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« Reply #51 on: January 03, 2009, 11:29:55 PM »
Yes, 20 years
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« Reply #52 on: January 03, 2009, 11:47:17 PM »
Yes. Just yes.

Quote from: ottermax on January 03, 2009, 06:42:33 PM
Why not? What if a President's daughter somehow was born while on an overseas trip, maybe a two weeks early (it probably wouldn't happen, but just go along with it)?

Actually, that's not a disqualification.
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« Reply #53 on: January 04, 2009, 12:16:04 AM »
Quote from: Che Fatwa on January 03, 2009, 11:47:17 PM
Yes. Just yes.

Quote from: ottermax on January 03, 2009, 06:42:33 PM
Why not? What if a President's daughter somehow was born while on an overseas trip, maybe a two weeks early (it probably wouldn't happen, but just go along with it)?

Actually, that's not a disqualification.

If someone is traveling over Canadian airspace for example the baby becomes a Canadian citizen. Because the parents are American the child can become an American citizen very easily, but won't be born in America technically.
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« Reply #54 on: January 04, 2009, 12:20:00 AM »
Quote from: ottermax on January 04, 2009, 12:16:04 AM
Quote from: Che Fatwa on January 03, 2009, 11:47:17 PM
Yes. Just yes.

Quote from: ottermax on January 03, 2009, 06:42:33 PM
Why not? What if a President's daughter somehow was born while on an overseas trip, maybe a two weeks early (it probably wouldn't happen, but just go along with it)?

Actually, that's not a disqualification.

If someone is traveling over Canadian airspace for example the baby becomes a Canadian citizen. Because the parents are American the child can become an American citizen very easily, but won't be born in America technically.

That actually happened a couple of days ago.  A pregnant woman from Uganda was coming to the United States.  She gave birth on the plane while the plane was above Canada and her child became a Canadian citizen.
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« Reply #55 on: January 04, 2009, 09:46:36 AM »
Yeah why not. Britain has had a foreign PM before (Andrew Bonar-Law), so why not the US?
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« Reply #56 on: January 04, 2009, 11:02:17 AM »
Quote from: ottermax on January 04, 2009, 12:16:04 AM
Quote from: Che Fatwa on January 03, 2009, 11:47:17 PM
Yes. Just yes.

Quote from: ottermax on January 03, 2009, 06:42:33 PM
Why not? What if a President's daughter somehow was born while on an overseas trip, maybe a two weeks early (it probably wouldn't happen, but just go along with it)?

Actually, that's not a disqualification.

If someone is traveling over Canadian airspace for example the baby becomes a Canadian citizen. Because the parents are American the child can become an American citizen very easily, but won't be born in America technically.
The text doesn't require you to be "born in the United States", but to be "a natural born citizen". The term was defined by an act of 1790. Those born abroad of American parents qualify once they have become American citizens.
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« Reply #57 on: January 04, 2009, 09:20:29 PM »
Quote from: ottermax on January 03, 2009, 06:42:33 PM
Why not? What if a President's daughter somehow was born while on an overseas trip, maybe a two weeks early (it probably wouldn't happen, but just go along with it)? Should place of birth disqualify someone from the presidency even if they are as American and patriotic as they could be? I'm sure there are plenty of Anti-Americans who can qualify for the presidency right now, so why don't we just open it up to people who actually are patriotic despite their place of birth.

I don't care about patriotism, I'd disqualify a president's offspring automatically. Smiley
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