Who is a 'Natural Born' Citizen? We’ll Know When Canadian Runs for President

Ghahramani, Salar

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2029772

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Who is a 'Natural Born' Citizen? We’ll Know When Canadian Runs for President

Salar Ghahramani

Penn State University

January 15, 2012

Abstract:
In this paper I argue that there is a class of foreign born citizens who must be considered "natural born" for the purposes of the presidential eligibility requirements under Article II of the United State Constitution.

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Keywords: natural born, natural born citizen, constitutional law, article 2, article II, presidential eligibility, birther, birthers

JEL Classification: K10, K19, K30, K39, K40, K49

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Date posted: March 30, 2012 ; Last revised: April 12, 2012

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Ghahramani, Salar, Who is a 'Natural Born' Citizen? We’ll Know When Canadian Runs for President (January 15, 2012). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2029772 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2029772

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