 Re: NYT: MCCAIN'S BIRTHPLACE IN CANAL ZONE RAISES ELIGIBILITY QUESTIONS...
These do bring up good points. Congress can't just decide it is going to clarify or define terms in the Constitution. No way the Supreme Court lets that fly. Also in this day and age what does it matter where someone is born for eligibility? Does some magical presence and mindset come from someone born on US soil?
That all being said hard to imagine McCain not qualifying. It would take quite a hard-ass to challenge his eligibility anyways, imagine the uproar if he was ineligible on such a technicality. Born to US parents in a US base is probably more "Americanized" than being born in Miami or El Paso wouldn't most agree? |