Hopefully this will kill the story that just seems to never die...has John McCain been a citizen his whole life? Okay, so the back story to this is: Senator McCain was not born in
(Believe me I get phone calls concerning this issue at my internship all the time...)
This potential problem for Senator McCain was reviewed my former Solicitor General Ted Olson (a McCain supporter) and a Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe (a Obama supporter). They found that the phrase "natural born citizen" is an unclear term in the Constitution. Though only a "natural born citizen" can become president it is unclear what the founding fathers meant by that term. The Panama Canal Zone was a
So now can we please get back to issues? Like how McCain has said on several occasions that
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I would very much like to read Olson's and Tribe's review, but it is unavailable. Tribe asked the McCain people to post it, but there is no sign of it. Olson's law firm gives his email astolson@gibsondunn.com.
I hold that McCain is natural born by virtue of birth to US citizens.
But the issue has never been resolved by the Supreme Court, so it is not going to die. If you can get the olson-tribe opinion, please post it.
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