Re: Utah senator wants amendment to let foreign-born be president

[Mairi Morrison]

I don't see why the dual citizenship issue (which is very interesting) has any relevance tim to a plain text requirement of being a "natural born citizen."  Example, I am a U.S. citizen born in the U.S. (I believe that those born of U.S. citizens abroad also count under the phrase).  I am also a citizen of Britain and Europe by descent, although I didn't take up my passport and voting rights until the Justice Department changed its stance on active dual citizens. The old stance would have made me renounce my U.S. citizenship before taking up that of Britain and Europe which I had no intention of doing.

That said, I'm sure there are quite a few of the same sorts of questions that could arise with respect to divided loyalties between immigrants and dual citizens of at least certain countries.  I suspect the issue wouldn't arise much for U.K. U.S. citizens but might with other dualities.



Mairi