Rise of a dictator

then how was john mccain allowed to run for president? george romney?
With John McCain he was declared a natural-born citizen by an act of Congress passed, which declared that all those born within the Panama Canal Zone, whom had at least one natural-born American parent, were themselves natural-born citizens.

With George Romney it never became a major issue because he never made it to the primaries; he got kicked out two months before. If he had it certainly would have been raised and likely required review by the courts.

Hell, Lowell Weicker would have been another test given he was born in Paris, but he also dropped out long before the primaries began in 1980.
 
Top