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Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by rootusrootus on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @12:55PM (#18016936)
He fits the legal definition of natural born citizen.
Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by dnautics on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @01:15PM (#18017146)
are IVF children disqualified? Legal citation on the natural born question, please.
Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by simcop2387 on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @01:39PM (#18017414)
This is "natural" in a legal context not a biological context. What this generally amounts to meaning is that you met the requirements of being a citizen when you were born. This doesn't specify a method of birth (cesarean or otherwise), but instead that you're either born to existing citizen parents, on us soil, or on otherwise recognized us territory (Puerto Rico, military bases, embassy grounds in a foreign country I think also can count) and I believe I've heard that an exception to this is that you're not being born to diplomats on official foreign government business, because not all countries recognize dual citizenship and forcefully giving the newborn US citizenship could cause diplomatic issues with the other country.
Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by astura on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @01:28PM (#18017290)
The Constitution doesn't define "natural born citizen" but the majority of scholars take it to mean "citizen by virtue of birth" rather than "citizen by virtue of naturalization."

I have no idea why you're talking about IVF children, they aren't legally different from naturally conceived children.

Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by rootusrootus on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @01:37PM (#18017398)
He is a citizen by birth, not through naturalization.

IVF is irrelevant if the biological parents are known and in a relationship, or if the birth is inside the U.S. In particular you cannot gain citizenship through donated sperm, though.