RE: Isn’t the definition of “natural born citizen” set by law, not opinion polls?
Is there a law? I know the constitution is the law, but then the INTERPRETATION of what it means is in dispute.
Because the Founders used “every day” terms so that the people could understand the Constitution.
So, obviously it had a precise meaning that was well understood at that time. I don’t believe the definition has been settled to modern understanding, however it does seem that our betters are trying to make laws to define it now.
When I read those attempts to amend Art. 2, and/or make laws to end run it, it did seem to me that the Senators and Reps were doing a LOT of massaging, and that it seemed settled that the understanding was there that a person must be born in the US to be a natural born.
I got hollered at here for simply pointing that out, but it is a fact and so why hide our eyes from it? I don’t try to argue the point because it seems to make everyone so itchy, but it is something that should be settled.
Again I will say that the UNDERSTANDING of what the word meant to our Founders is what is the important thing, and that probably won’t be found in a court case or law book. It will probably be found in period writings. It sure can’t have simply been legend since the Constitution was written. How you can know that is by realizing that there has been such a effort to remove that clause, and ask yourself who benefits once that protection is gone?