[EL] Who is a "Natural Born Citizen

[Richard Winger]

Did you mean to include the District of Columbia in #1, or was that omission on purpose?
 Richard Winger 415-922-9779 PO Box 470296, San Francisco Ca 94147
 

      From: "Mozaffar, Shaheen" <SMOZAFFAR at bridgew.edu>
 To: "law-election at uci.edu" <law-election at uci.edu> 
 Sent: Friday, January 8, 2016 9:51 AM
 Subject: [EL] Who is a "Natural Born Citizen
   
I would greatly appreciate help from the constitutional experts on this list on the following criteria raised by students about the definition of a "natural born" citizen" and hence eligibility for becoming US President:

1.  A person born in any of one of the 50 states, regardless of the parents' citizenship (straightforward)

2.  A person born anywhere in the world and at least one or both parents are a US citizen, either natural-born or naturalized (Examples: Senator McCain, Senator Cruz and Mr. Romney).

3.  A person born in any one of the 50 states, regardless of the parents' citizenship when the state was a territory, and was grandfathered (e.g. Senator Goldwater)

4.  A person born in Puerto Rico, Guam, Virgin Islands, and Northern Mariana Islands regardless of parents' citizenship



4.  A person born on an overseas American military base, regardless of parents' citizenships.  This would apply, for example, to children of local employees
who are contracted to work for the military or the US embassy and could be eligible for medical treatment, including, childbirth, in US medical
facilities.  An intriguing hypothetical:  What about a newborn child of a female terrorist-suspect incarcerated in Guantanamo?  Is the newborn a US
citizen



5.  A person born on a US-based airline travelling in international airspace or a US-based ship travelling in international water, regardless of parents' citizenship


Thank you!

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