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Crap. with paragraph breaks would help ...

A funny thing about this resolution, and you would think legislators would know how to legislate, but what is says, and what it concludes, are opposite. The resolution contains a HUGE lie.

Whereas the term "natural born Citizen", as that term appears in Article II, Section 1, is not defined in the Constitution of the United States;
Whereas there is no evidence of the intention of the Framers or any Congress to limit the constitutional rights of children born to Americans serving in the military nor to prevent those children from serving as their country's President;
Whereas such limitations would be inconsistent with the purpose and intent of the "natural born Citizen" clause of the Constitution of the United States, as evidenced by the First Congress's own statute defining the term "natural born Citizen";

So what if NBC isn't defined. Is citizen defined? Yes, see Art IV, Sec. 2. Citizens of a state are citizens of the union. Maybe McCain fits there, I don't know.

Citizen also appears in the 14th amendment. Born in the US, or naturalized. McCain wasn't born in the US. So, if he's a citizen under the 14th amendment, he's a naturalized citizen.

We don't even have to worry about the definition of NBC.

I'm going to skip over that second paragraph. It's functional nonsense anyway, BC the founders didn't expect us to have our military scattered all over other people's countries.

The third paragraph is a bold-faced lie, and any legislator that is worth a shit knows it.

I can point to a US regulation that says "A 22 year old shall be considered as a child" Does that define "Child"? For legal purposes it does, but that child is still a 22 year old.

Naturalization act of 1790 ...

And the children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond Sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born Citizens

That's not definition, it is the opposite of definition!

Ask every single drafter of legislation, ask the pros. When they use that phrase, how does it operate?

Our lyin' Senate, pulling the wool over the people's eyes.

And lyin' Cruz, Kaytal, and Clement, and a host of others, Mark Levin, I'm looking at you too, Limbaugh? Settled law in favor of Cruz? No way. No way. Se Rogers v. Bellei, and stop spinnin' yer arse off.