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Originally Posted by bird1965
From the footnote you didn't read: The 1790 law remained in effect until the Naturalization Act of 1795 superseded it. The 1795 law stated that the children of citizens of the United States who are born outside the limits of the country "shall be considered as citizens of the United States." End Quote from wiki.
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It seems to me that there are only 2 types of US citizens. Natural born citizens....and naturalized citizens. In this light, I think the 1795 law clearly makes McCain eligible to be president since he is a (natural born) citizen...and not a naturalized citizen.