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Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by frozen11b on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @01:09PM (#18017070)
Requirements for the Presedent are diffrent than that of a Senator.

Place of birth does not matter for the House or Senate. Only need to be a US citizen.

For the President it's a "higher standard" you must be a native born Citizen.

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Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by ghaff on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @01:15PM (#18017150)
"Natural born" citizen.

Which isn't 100% defined and legal scholars can and do argue the edge cases based on lots of things including very old British common law antecedents. The consensus seems to equal citizen from birth although some disagree.

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Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by InitialLastName on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @01:20PM (#18017205)
Ted Cruz has run for president in the past.

"No Person except a natural born Citizen ... shall be eligible to the Office of President"

Natural born means "citizen at birth", not "born in the US"> One can also be a citizen at birth (under certain circumstances) by having parent(s) who are U.S. citizens. Ted Cruz unequivocably meets this standard.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_Two_of_the_United_Stat...

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Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by wool_gather on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @01:19PM (#18017193)
Ted Cruz was a candidate for U.S. President two years ago.
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