Can Obama Legally Be President ?

[WillowTheWhisp]

I hope not. That really would cause anarchy.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by beechy

me thinks a bullet will interveen

Well I'm a little more suttle than you beechy, but knowing the Yanks it had crossed my mind

[banjoman]

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/ht...5----000-.html

So if he was born in hawaii it dont matter, he is still a US citizen

[WillowTheWhisp]

It's not about where he was born it's about the fact that his father was a non-US citizen and his mother had only been naturalised for 2 years after her 16th birthday, rather than the required 5, when he was born.

[banjoman]

But he is a natural born citizen as he was born in Hawaii which is classed as US, regardless of his parents. As Hawaii was a recognised US state from 1900 for the purpose of this discussion, his mother had clearly managed more than the required 5 years when he was born anyway

[Neil]

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

I hope not. That really would cause anarchy.

[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by banjoman

But he is a natural born citizen as he was born in Hawaii which is classed as US, regardless of his parents. As Hawaii was a recognised US state from 1900 for the purpose of this discussion, his mother had clearly managed more than the required 5 years when he was born anyway

Yes she had been a citizen from age 8 but the stipulation is that one parent at least must have been a citizen for 5 years since the age of 16. She had him when she was 18 so she'd only been a citizen for 2 years after her 16th birthday.

[WillowTheWhisp]

My cousin was born in Ireland but she isn't Irish because both of her parents were English and she was therefore classified as English. She has a British passport.

[MargaretR]

Glad I let punk rock pass me by
Is that really Jamie Oliver on drums?

[yerself]

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

which of course is what exempts John McCain though he was born in the Panama Canal.

And a fish cannot become president of the USA.

[WillowTheWhisp]

Well his biography says "Panama Canal Zone" not the actual canal itself.

[MargaretR]

I'm not really fussed who wins - whoever -it's bound to be an improvement on Bush

[jambutty]

Surely the Obama camp will have checked things out before launching on the election trail?

[Mancie]

This sudden "revelation" may even be to his advantage.. most publicity is good publicity.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Mancie

This sudden "revelation" may even be to his advantage.. most publicity is good publicity.

if it wasn't over the pond, i might think yeh were right.