[August]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Where is "natural born" legally defined as "born on US soil"? If it is so defined in US federal law, I will concede the point. However I have not seen it so defined in the Constitutional requirements for the office, or in any of the sources (admittedly nowhere near an exhaustive list) I've looked at regarding citizenship.

Actually, looking at the Constitutional requirements, it says:



Emphasis mine. I realize it's probably a result of an antiquated comma placement, but I suppose if I wanted to I could take that phrase to mean that anyone who was not already a citizen at the time of the official adoption of the Constitution doesn't qualify. Of course that would mean that no one born anywhere after that date would qualify, since it's impossible to be a citizen before one actually exists.

The word "or" is key here I think...