::Natural-born-citizen clause
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Status as a natural-born citizen of the United States is one of the eligibility requirements established in the United States Constitution for election to the office of President or Vice President. This requirement was intended to protect the nation from foreign influence.<ref name = "Fed 68">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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The Constitution does not define the phrase natural-born citizen, and various opinions have been offered over time regarding its precise meaning. The consensus of early 21st-century constitutional and legal scholarship, together with relevant case law, is that "natural born" comprises all people born subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, including, generally, those born in the United States, those born to U.S. citizen parents in foreign countries, and those born in other situations meeting the legal requirements for U.S. citizenship "at birth."<ref name= "2011 CRS">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The natural-born-citizen clause has been mentioned in passing in several decisions of the United States Supreme Court, and by some lower courts that have addressed eligibility challenges, but the Supreme Court has never directly addressed the question of a specific presidential or vice-presidential candidate's eligibility as a natural-born citizen. Many eligibility lawsuits from the 2008 and 2012 election cycles were dismissed in lower courts due to the challengers' difficulty in showing that they had standing to raise legal objections. Additionally, some experts have suggested that the precise meaning of the natural-born-citizen clause may never be decided by the courts because, in the end, presidential eligibility may be determined to be a non-justiciable political question that can be decided only by Congress rather than by the judicial branch of government.<ref name="Tokaji">{{#invoke:Citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=journal }}</ref><ref name="Gordon">{{#invoke:Citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=journal }}</ref>
Natural-born-citizen clause sections
Intro Constitutional provisions Rationale Constitutional Convention Naturalization Acts of 1790 and 1795 Interpretations of the clause Eligibility challenges Constitutionality of the natural-born-citizen clause Proposed constitutional amendments See also Notes External links
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Status as a natural-born citizen of the United States is one of the eligibility requirements established in the United States Constitution for election to the office of President or Vice President. This requirement was intended to protect the nation from foreign influence.<ref name = "Fed 68">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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The Constitution does not define the phrase natural-born citizen, and various opinions have been offered over time regarding its precise meaning. The consensus of early 21st-century constitutional and legal scholarship, together with relevant case law, is that "natural born" comprises all people born subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, including, generally, those born in the United States, those born to U.S. citizen parents in foreign countries, and those born in other situations meeting the legal requirements for U.S. citizenship "at birth."<ref name= "2011 CRS">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The natural-born-citizen clause has been mentioned in passing in several decisions of the United States Supreme Court, and by some lower courts that have addressed eligibility challenges, but the Supreme Court has never directly addressed the question of a specific presidential or vice-presidential candidate's eligibility as a natural-born citizen. Many eligibility lawsuits from the 2008 and 2012 election cycles were dismissed in lower courts due to the challengers' difficulty in showing that they had standing to raise legal objections. Additionally, some experts have suggested that the precise meaning of the natural-born-citizen clause may never be decided by the courts because, in the end, presidential eligibility may be determined to be a non-justiciable political question that can be decided only by Congress rather than by the judicial branch of government.<ref name="Tokaji">{{#invoke:Citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=journal }}</ref><ref name="Gordon">{{#invoke:Citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=journal }}</ref>
Natural-born-citizen clause sections
Intro Constitutional provisions Rationale Constitutional Convention Naturalization Acts of 1790 and 1795 Interpretations of the clause Eligibility challenges Constitutionality of the natural-born-citizen clause Proposed constitutional amendments See also Notes External links
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