Originally posted by: Bossk
Nope. As U.S. law currently stands, a President can only be a person born in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Nobody born outside the U.S., including those who have rescinded their citizenship or had their citizenship rescinded by their native country, can be president of the U.S.
'Tis the law. Governors are a different thing. Just need to have a certain time period of legal citizenship.
Originally posted by: ricarleite
Bizarre. But... If Austria denies his citizenship, he could change nationality and become the president! Just like Hitler did!
Bizarre. But... If Austria denies his citizenship, he could change nationality and become the president! Just like Hitler did!
Nope. As U.S. law currently stands, a President can only be a person born in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Nobody born outside the U.S., including those who have rescinded their citizenship or had their citizenship rescinded by their native country, can be president of the U.S.
'Tis the law. Governors are a different thing. Just need to have a certain time period of legal citizenship.
Yeah yEah, we know, but I can totally see an amendment happening. Anyway, what's to say somebody born in the States has more right to be president than somebody who moved to the country at a young age and has lived there for decades? Isn't that kind of going against the whole American dream ethos? Personally, I don't actually care that much, I'm just saying - these days, does somebody really need to exit their mother's womb in America to BE an American?