legally born u.s. resident is not necessarily conferred by the ownership of a birth certificate. a U.S citizen is not necessarily a eligible to become President. Ask Arnold the Gov of California. You have to be a natural born citizen.
§ 1401. Nationals and citizens of United States at birth (f) a person of unknown parentage found in the United States while under the age of five years, until shown, prior to his attaining the age of twenty-one years, not to have been born in the United States; It looks like any kid born anywhere in the world has a chance.
Why are you surprised? You are an attorney? right? Law doesn't always follow the logic, does it? http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/8/1401.html# The following shall be nationals and citizens of the United States at birth: (a) a person born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof; (b) a person born in the United States to a member of an Indian, Eskimo, Aleutian, or other aboriginal tribe: Provided, That the granting of citizenship under this subsection shall not in any manner impair or otherwise affect the right of such person to tribal or other property; (c) a person born outside of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents both of whom are citizens of the United States and one of whom has had a residence in the United States or one of its outlying possessions, prior to the birth of such person; (d) a person born outside of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is a citizen of the United States who has been physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for a continuous period of one year prior to the birth of such person, and the other of whom is a national, but not a citizen of the United States; (e) a person born in an outlying possession of the United States of parents one of whom is a citizen of the United States who has been physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for a continuous period of one year at any time prior to the birth of such person; (f) a person of unknown parentage found in the United States while under the age of five years, until shown, prior to his attaining the age of twenty-one years, not to have been born in the United States; (g) a person born outside the geographical limits of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is an alien, and the other a citizen of the United States who, prior to the birth of such person, was physically present in the United States or its outlying possessions for a period or periods totaling not less than five years, at least two of which were after attaining the age of fourteen years: Provided, That any periods of honorable service in the Armed Forces of the United States, or periods of employment with the United States Government or with an international organization as that term is defined in section 288 of title 22 by such citizen parent, or any periods during which such citizen parent is physically present abroad as the dependent unmarried son or daughter and a member of the household of a person (A) honorably serving with the Armed Forces of the United States, or (B) employed by the United States Government or an international organization as defined in section 288 of title 22, may be included in order to satisfy the physical-presence requirement of this paragraph. This proviso shall be applicable to persons born on or after December 24, 1952, to the same extent as if it had become effective in its present form on that date; and (h) a person born before noon (Eastern Standard Time) May 24, 1934, outside the limits and jurisdiction of the United States of an alien father and a mother who is a citizen of the United States who, prior to the birth of such person, had resided in the United States.
I think you are missing the point... There has been and presumably still is a difference between a citizen and a natural born citizen.
It is quiet possibly that I am missing the point. I am not an attorney. But according to US Constitution all of the above including (F) are eligible to become a US President.
Not true. Only a "natural born citizen" is eligible to become president. It's also possible for a natural born citizen to lose his status as "natural born"... as might be the case with Obama. It has been alleged that he gave up his citizenship status (and may not have been a natural born citizen at the time anyway) for some freebie education perks in Indonesia(?). If that's the case, he can once again become a citizen of the USA, but only as a "naturalized citizen" (as is Arnold Swarzenegger)... and is therefore ineligible to be president.
Are you seriously...I mean are you seriously. Fighting this battle still? Do you actually believe that you will in any shape or form win this nonsense. Or is this just academic pull-your pud exercise?