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Re:Rand Paul: NSA Routinely Monitors Americans’ Communicatio... by dragonwriter on Monday March 20, 2017 @05:28PM (#13917818)
> It does not where he was born. His mother is a US Citizen, and that makes him a US citizen.

There is a dispute whether citizenship-by-maternityy is "natural born" under the Constitution (there's an argument that that "natural born" is equivalent to the birthright guarantee of the 14th Amendment, and no decisive case law.)

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Re:Rand Paul: NSA Routinely Monitors Americans’ Communicatio... by VA3FXP on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @02:17PM (#13924717) 

    Would there be any dispute if my wife gave birth while we were on vacation in France?  

    I suspect that those who really hold to that definition are primarily concerned about the amount of melanin in his skin.
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