"Arguably, under the definition in the case, neither candidate in 2008, Democrat Obama nor Republican Sen. John McCain, would be eligible. McCain was born outside of the United States at a U.S. base in the Panama Canal Zone, and Obama's father never was a U.S. citizen." [WND]
McCain was declared eligible under a 1790 Congressional Act:
Congress: "And the children of citizens of the United States, that may be born beyond sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born citizens."
However, there has never been a court case which clarifies the definition, except one - 'Minor v. Happersett'.
However .... the website Justia.com, THE authoritative source for publishing all Supreme Court cases, had it's records scrubbed clean of references to 'Minor v. Happersett' sometime during the 2008 political campaign. So records of this case were unavailable to those searching for definitions during the 2008 election campaign!
Obama's eligibility is under question.
Who scrubbed clean these references? Was it Obama operatives? or McCain's?
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