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John Mccain's Citizenship: A Tentative Defense, Stephen E. Sachs
John Mccain's Citizenship: A Tentative Defense, Stephen E. Sachs
Stephen E. Sachs
Sen. John McCain was born a U.S. citizen and is eligible to be president. The most serious challenge to his status, recently posed by Prof. Gabriel Chin, contends that the statute granting citizenship to Americans born abroad did not include the Panama Canal Zone, where McCain was born in 1936. When Congress amended the law in 1937, he concludes, it was too late for McCain to be "natural born." Even assuming, however, that McCain's citizenship depended on this statute - and ignoring his claim to citizenship at common law - Chin's argument may be based on a misreading. When the …
Campaign 2008: The Critical Issues, Kevin F. Sims
Campaign 2008: The Critical Issues, Kevin F. Sims
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