This letter is associated with the following article:
Letters
Friday, July 11, 2008 12:00 AM

Legal expert says McCain may not be eligible for White House

A major new constitutional study suggests that John McCain may not be a "natural born citizen" eligible for the presidency.
Ed Kilgore

Read other letters about this article

  • Friday, July 11, 2008 12:59 PM

    I'm confused

    If natural-born citizen means someone who was a "citizen at time of birth", then why wouldn't that include someone who was born to parents who are both US citizens -- regardless of where it is.

    While I was born here, I spent some time overseas when I was young and it seems crazy that someone born to two US citizen parents overseas would not be a "natural-born" American.

    —Wertia Read Wertia's other letters

    Flag
Read other letters about this article

Most Active Letters Threads

525

The crazy, irrational beliefs of Muslims

Tom Friedman explains the real problem: stupid Muslims think the U.S. is about war and aggression.
Glenn Greenwald Read article
428

The face of rotted Washington

Evan Bayh demands more debt-financed war - fought by others - while boasting that he's a stern "deficit hawk."
Glenn Greenwald Read article
189

Bigotry wins in Switzerland

By voting to ban the construction of minarets, Switzerland apes the most extreme intolerance in the Muslim world
By Juan Cole Read article
131

Facebook, the mean girls and me

At 34 years old, I finally feel like a popular seventh-grader. How sad is that?
By Taffy Brodesser-Akner Read article
103

Polanski moves from jail to ski chalet

The rapist director is granted bail, and one of his most vocal apologists celebrates
Kate Harding Read article

View all »

Letters Help

Currently in Salon