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Answer by Rob Long
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Feb 1 at 2:14pm
He was born in the US, but his parents didn't become citizens until four years later. It's actually an interesting question. It's hard for me to believe that a court would interpret the phrase "natural born" to mean "born of US citizens." That seems like a stretch for the Framers, among whom were the sons of British subjects.
Tom Lindholtz: Particularly since the Framers were born British subjects.
Sisyphus: This was specifically allowed for in the Consititution:
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