"No he does not. The same questions were raised about him in 2000 and he was declared a natural born citizen by an act of Congress, not that there was ever any doubt anyway".
While I agree that there is little doubt both these candidates are eligible, Congress can't make laws that usurps the Constitution; it requires an amendment to change the constitution. On those occasions Congress has passed laws the Court deemed un-Constitutional, those laws were struck down. If Congress were to pass a law declaring anyone's natural born citizenship, that piece of Legislation would be Un-constitutional therefore not worth the paper it would be written upon.
A person must be born in the US to be a natural born citizen, Congress can't just change that rule.
That said, I can see some doubt as to McCain's eligibility.
CAN OBAMA BE PRESIDENT?
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dawg
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BurnTheShips
What Congress did is known as a "vote of confidence".
BTW, Congress indeed can "just change the Constitution", as you yourself noted, it is called an Amendment.
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V
I have never seen a smear campaign like this before. Someone is a FOOL for spreading it.
Obama's birth was in Hawaii. His site www.fightthesmears.com shows a copy:
(More commentary here: http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/birthcert)
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dawg
Congress can't change the Constitution, an Amendment is not just passed by Congress. "To become effective, the proposed amendment must then be "ratified" or approved by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states. Congress typically places a time limit of seven years for ratification by the states" (US law website). It takes a lot more than Congress passing an Amendment for the Amendment to become part of the US Constitution
unconstitutional legislation made by Congress has been struck down by the SCOTUS on several occasions.
But in this case, (McCain) both his parents were citizens serving on a US base, McCain was born on this base which can be argued is US soil... It'd be interesting to hear the courts rule in this. -
BurnTheShips
Good one Dawg.
I forgot about the ratification part.