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For such a powerful nation, the USA has a maddeningly vague constitution, and one of the most serious constitutionial issues that has never been settled is the clause that US presidents must be 'natural born' citizens.
Probably the reason this has never been properly settled yet is that there has really only been one seriously candidate for the US presidency who was not born in the 'natural' USA: John McCain.
McCain was born on a US military base in the Panama Canal Zone. A place which furthermore is no longer US territory, but now part of the Republic of Panama. But because of his skin color, anglo last name and service and political record, the issue of his eligibity was never seriously raised and challenged.
So, my query is what would have happened if the issue of eligibity had been raised, and seriously challenged? Before or after the election? What if the Supreme Court had indeed ruled McCain ineligible?