There are just two possibilities, a citizen by nature and a citizen by law. A citizen by nature does not need a law to establish citizenship; they are citizens naturally. But you cite a law to establish natural born status. Consider the child of a foreign diplomat born on American soil. Not only are they not a natural born citizen, they are not even citizens because of their father’s job. They are excluded by law. Can a natural born citizen by denied NBC status by law?
No wonder the congress and the courts don’t commit, the law of nature is not subject to the laws of Congress. Can we amend the constitution by editing the dictionary?
Who is it gets to decide how to apply natural law in any particular instance?
For example, Barack Obama thinks that he is a citizen by nature while others think that he isn’t. Who makes the final call?
Short of mandating paternity tests and DNA analysis, are we ever sure that the person listed on a birth certifcate is the natural father?
To use Barack Obama as an example again, there are those who believe that Dunham family friend Frank Marshall Davis is Obama’s natural father. Frank Marshall Davis was born in Kansas as was Stanley Ann Dunham, Obama’s mother. If Davis is the real father and Dunham is the real mother and Hawaii is the real birthplace then Obama is a born citizen by nature.