Dual Citizenship.

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65. I don't entirely disagree.

Did you read this part of my post?

... A case could even be made for requiring a dual national to waive his/her non-US nationality if that person is running for US President.

That requirement does not seem to be in the US Constitution, however. The Federalist papers, while giving an idea of what at least some Founders thought, are not the US Constitution.

The fact is that in today's very globalized world, some people can acquire (or at least are eligible for) dual nationality by birth. In the case at issue, however, Bernie Sanders is not one of them. So, for Bernie, the issue is moot. Period.

Insofar as the nation's being protected from foreign influence is concerned, however, US nationality is certainly no guarantee that any natural-born American citizen with a single nationality will not betray his or her country or not put foreign interests above the interests of that country.

I would posit that those who deliberately shirk their obligation to pay their fair share of US taxes by moving their funds or their businesses offshore are literally traitors to the US, whatever their nationality. I also posit that any Congress critters who deliberately and overtly try to undermine any US President with other foreign leaders when that President is in the process of negotiating an international resolution (e.g., with Iran) are much more dangerous to the US than any American who happens to be a dual national but does not act in such a despicable manner. Further, those who allow themselves to be swayed by such as Netanyahu, for example, against the interests of the US are surely not all dual nationals.

To clarify, although I myself am an expat (for the past 20+ years), I have never exercised my option (and I am eligible for one by residence, not birth) for a second nationality. I also pay US taxes (both federal and state) as well as the taxes due to the country of my foreign residence. Perhaps someday I will exercise the option for a dual nationality. But that day is not today.