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McCain passes candidate birth test



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TWO lawyers have concluded that John McCain's 1936 birth outside the continental United States does not disqualify him to be president.
The likely Republican nominee was born on a US naval base in 1936 in the Panama Canal Zone. A federal judge in California has been asked to determine whether Mr McCain meets the legal test to hold the nation's highest office.





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  • Last Updated: 28 March 2008 9:55 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: US elections
 
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mike - across the pond,

never was an issue.... 28/03/2008 17:45:39
a law passed in 1790 by the first congress clarified that "natural born" was to include children born abroad to parents who are both us citizens....

other than to the uber left who always need some lame cause to put their shrill voices to....
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57Nomad,

california 29/03/2008 04:55:21
#1

you are correct. there is also the fact that in 1936 the Panama Canal Zone was American territory.

 

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