Except I don't think citizenship can be inherited from the mother, just the father.
Besides which, there's "citizen" and there's "natural-born citizen", and you can be sure that distinction would be hammered on if Obama's citizenship status were dependent on jus sanguine instead of jus soli.
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Besides which, there's "citizen" and there's "natural-born citizen", and you can be sure that distinction would be hammered on if Obama's citizenship status were dependent on jus sanguine instead of jus soli.