Can Senator Van Hollen legally be allowed to run for President in 2028?

[ArnoldLayne]

I checked and saw he was born in Karachi, Pakistan. His parents worked for the American Government though. I was just wondering if he was born on US territory in an Embassy making it legal like John McCain being born in the Panama Canal Zone. I hope Senator Van Hollen would be eligible to run for the Presidency.

[SSJVegeta]

1. I think "natural born citzen" is the criteria

Which im guessing he is based on what you are saying.

[ArnoldLayne]

3. I was wondering he seems like he would be a very good candidate

for President in 2028.

[SalamanderSleeps]

2. Yes he can just like Sen. John McCain. He was born in Panama.

Foreign, and Armed, Service kids are "necessary" citizens.

Who would want to serve their country overseas if they had to leave their progeny behind?

But then, this is the era of "The Orange Stain."

[dflprincess]

4. Both his parents are/were citizens

So, yes he was born a citizen even though he was not born in the U.S.

[elleng]

5. Yes, he and his parents were and are U.S. citizens.

I'm glad he is 'my' senator, and hope he remains such.

Van Hollen was born in Karachi, Pakistan, the eldest of three children of American parents, Edith Eliza (née Farnsworth) and Christopher Van Hollen.[6][7] His father was a Foreign Service officer who served as deputy assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs (1969–1972) and U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives (1972–1976);[8] his mother worked in the Central Intelligence Agency and the State Department, where she served as chief of the intelligence bureau for South Asia.[7][9] He spent parts of his early life in Pakistan, Turkey, India, and Sri Lanka.[9][10] He returned to the United States for his junior year of high school, and attended Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts, where his grandfather had once taught.[9]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Van_Hollen

[RandomNumbers]

6. Both his parents were US Citizens, right?

So by any normal reading, he is eligible. (But then, our opponents are not normal, so there's that.)

https://www.history.com/articles/what-are-the-qualifications-to-be-president-of-the-united-states

The Founders universally supported a citizenship requirement, and there wouldn’t have been any confusion about what it meant to be a “natural born” citizen. That language was common in 18th-century British law, which recognized all children born to British parents as “natural-born subjects,” even if they were born outside the British Empire.

Note that the framers were careful to include the clause “​​at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution,” to waive the “natural-born” requirement for prominent delegates like Robert Morris and James Wilson, who were born to British parents outside of the American Colonies (England and Scotland respectively).

[Tickle]

7. I'm more concerned about the Logan act

He was rejected rejected and rejected. Then he gets a call to see him. Sounds like a set up to me

[Ocelot II]

14. The Logan Act applies only to private citizens. Van Hollen is a Senator.

[Tickle]

15. I believe they can. It almost doesn't matter

The administration wouldn't win, but they could still bankrupt him in trying.

[Progressive dog]

8. Of course he can.

[Mike 03]

9. Yes.

But expect Trump to play dirt as hell with anyone who looks like a promising rival, emulating Putin's tactics. Expect to see more of our best and brightest investigated and accused of "mortgage fraud" and tax evasion or whatever filthy and frivolous allegations his personal DOJ can throw at them.

We'll need to figure out a tactic to deal with Putinesque tactics like those. Maybe there are legal mechanisms in the United States that will make it harder to do this here than in Russia, where it proceeds unencumbered, decade after decade.

[SalamanderSleeps]

11. I'm just crossing my fingers, and hoping that "Orange Baby Man" will choke on his own formula. eom

[OnDoutside]

10. I'm sure Ted Cruz will object, while running himself.

[flamingdem]

12. He's great

Has my vote. Trustworthy, competent and empathetic. Good communicator!

[chowder66]

13. Here are his progressive vote scores

You can sort the columns.

https://progressivepunch.org/scores.htm?topic=&house=senate&sort=crucial-current&order=down&party=

He ties at #1 in crucial votes so far this year with several others.

[ArnoldLayne]

16. He definitely would have my vote also.