Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Us Constitution<br/>
Date: Jan 27, 2003 @ 20:37<br/>
Author: Asher Samuels (Asher Samuels &lt;asher972@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1287766358">--- Kevin Meynell &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:kevin@...">kevin@...</a>&gt; wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt;For example, a person born in the US embassy to Italy. Could this person <br/>
&gt; &gt;become President of the United States?<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; I&#39;ve never understood the part of the US Constitution where it states that <br/>
&gt; the President must be born in the United States. Article II states &quot;No <br/>
&gt; person except a natural born citizen, OR a citizen of the United States, at <br/>
&gt; the time of the adoption of this constitution, shall be eligible to the <br/>
&gt; office of president.&quot; Does this mean that only citizens born in US after <br/>
&gt; the adoption of the constitution may become president, or that both natural <br/>
&gt; born citizens *and* US citizens (whether or not they were actually born in <br/>
&gt; the US) are eligible?<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>/* rest of e-mail snipped */<br/>
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Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 means that one has to be either:<br/>
<br/>
1) A US born citizen or<br/>
2) Someone who acquired US citizenship at the time that the US came into being.<br/>
<br/>
I doubt that anyone around today meets the second condition.<br/>
<br/>
Asher Samuels<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:asher972@...">asher972@...</a><br/>
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