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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

Obama's mother was certainly an American citizen. I think it is somewhat of a gray area with regard to whether he would be eligible to run for President if he was in fact born overseas. You could make a legitimate argument that even if he was born in Kenya and spent his first few months of life in Kenya, he should still be eligible to run for President. I mean the guy is an American citizen. His mother was an American citizen.

But I think the way that most constitutional scholars have interpreted the constitution, a person would not be eligible in this situation because the wording says "only natural born citizens are eligible".

so "most constitutional scholars" have agreed on the meaning of a term that was undefined in the constitution itself. interesting.

how did they get around the naturalization act of 1790 which stated "the children of citizens of the united states that may be born beyond sea, or out of the limits of the united states, shall be considered as natural born citizens."?