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Originally Posted by Chicks
L. Tammy Duckworth was born in Bangkok, Thailand, the daughter of Franklin Duckworth and Lamai Sompornpairin. Under long standing US law, she is a natural-born citizen because her father is American.[5][6] Her father, who died in 2005,[7] was a veteran of the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps[8][9] who traced his family's American roots to the American Revolutionary War.[10]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamm..._and_education
Sounds like she has a far better legacy than the scum Trump family. Only a Trumpkin fool would claim she’s not qualified for the presidency. |
Except the source it cites leaves the door open to lawsuit:
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42097.pdf
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Under the common law principle of jus soli (law of the soil), persons born on English soil, even of two alien parents, were “natural born” subjects and, as noted by the Supreme Court, this “same rule” was applicable in the American colonies and “in the United States afterwards, and continued to prevail under the Constitution ...” with respect to citizens.
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She was not "born on US soil" but Thai soil; ergo, not natural-born. The clause can be interpreted either way and until SCOTUS gives an opinion on it or it is amended, it is a matter of debate.