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Even if Obama was born in the White House he is not eligible as a Natural Born Citizen. His father was never a citizen. Natural Born Citizens are mborn in the US of 2 US Citizen parents. It is Natural Law, the unity of Blood and soil. Natural Born Citizens have no competing allegiances, no allegiance to any foreign power. The Framers used this term of art from Vattel's Law of Nations as a security requirement, to ensure the highest probability of allegiance and attachment to country, and Obama is exactly the kind of man that they would have prevented from the Presidency.
The Venus (1814), Minor v. Happersett (1873), and Wong Kim Ark (1898) all directly quote Vattels definition. Perkins v. Elg distinguishes between 3 distinct forms...
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