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Tue 20 Apr, 2004 11:56 am
Under existing laws Henry Kissinger can never become President of the United States, WHY.....?
Because the constitution requires that a U.S. president be born in the United States. This will probably be a short thread but welcome, samad....wade right in. The water's fine.
He wasn't born a US citizen.
That's why I can't become president either
Though I still intend to run anyways.
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Beyond the nation you're born in law as spelled out in the US Constitution, Kissinger has lots of skeletons in his closet -- that's why he quickly stepped aside just days after Bush appointed him to head up the 9/11 Commission.
Henry Kissinger cannot become President of the United States
A foreign born U.S. Citizen can be President States. Henry Kissinger cannot be president of the United States not because he was born in Germany but because he was not born a U.S. Citizen. If was born a U.S. Citizen. He could. If either or both of his parents at the time of his birth were U.S. Citizens he would be considered a born U. S. Citizen. This rule applies to anyone born on foreign soil to a parent or parents who are U.S. Citizen at the time of their birth.
Cxo6916, you are peddling false information. The fifth paragraph of Section 1, Article II of the Constitution reads, in its entirety:
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
Henry Kissinger is not a natural born citizen, nor was he a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of the constitution, almost 220 years ago. Mr. Kissinger cannot stand for the office because he is not a natural born citizen of the United States, the citizenship of his parents is immaterial.
From the Immigration and Naturalization Service:
"In order for a foreign-born child living outside the United States to acquire citizenship, the U.S. citizen parent must still apply for naturalization on behalf of the child. The naturalization process for such a child cannot take place overseas. The child will need to be in the United States temporarily to complete naturalization processing and take the oath of allegiance."
Setanta wrote:Cxo6916, you are peddling false information. The fifth paragraph of Section 1, Article II of the Constitution reads, in its entirety:
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
Henry Kissinger is not a natural born citizen, nor was he a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of the constitution, almost 220 years ago. Mr. Kissinger cannot stand for the office because he is not a natural born citizen of the United States, the citizenship of his parents is immaterial.
Sorry, Set, but if I understand what cxo916 is trying to say, then he's right. If both one's parents are citizens at the time of a child's birth, then that child is eligible to run for the presidency regardless of his place of birth because he, too, is automatically a citizen at the time of birth. His mother may be the US Ambassador to Russia and the child may be born in Moscow. He is eligible for the Oval Office.
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