
No, it has never been determined definitive
ly by a court whether a person who acquired US citizenshi
p by birth abroad to US citizens is a natural-bo
rn citizen. In
Rogers vs Bellei the Supreme Court only ruled that "children born abroad of Americans are not citizens within the
citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, and didn't elaborate on the
natural-born status. [SCOTUS 401 U.S. 815, 828 (1971)]
Similarly, legal scholar Lawrence Solum concluded in an
article on the
natural born citizen clause that the question of McCain's eligibilit
y could not be answered with certainty, and that it would depend on the particular approach of "constitut
ional constructi
on".
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