On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 9:52 PM, Ray <[email protected]> wrote: > But the term “natural born” has been up to interpretation. ... > ... under the strictest of interpretations, the child of a > serviceman, diplomat, or even Peace Corp worker, born > out of the US, [is not natural born].
The definition of "natural born" is not specified in the US Constitution. It is, however, specified to ridiculous lengths by the US Code (Federal law). Broadly speaking, the child of a US citizen is a US citizen by birth. There are exceptions. Service in the duty of the country is considered to meet requirements for residence of parentage. You can read the gory details if you want: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/8/usc_sup_01_8_10_12_20_III_30_I.html One can argue that that's not what "natural born" *should* mean, but for purposes of interpreting US law, that's what it *does* mean. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
