Trump is an idiot. Article III courts don’t make declaratory judgements and the Naturalization Act of 1790 is the one and only document that defined natural born citizens. And it was made law by the First Congress which is exactly what Article III courts look toward when interpreting original intent.
The naturalization act was amended, removing the sentence about “natural born”, and, whatever the case, would have only given such a status— if that was the intent— through the father.
Wasn’t the language changed six months later to remove the term “Natural Born”? And even if the first or 103rd congress defines “Natural Born”, it’s the intent of the writers of the Constitution that count. Congress doesn’t get to rewrite the constitution by redefining it’s terms.
Vatel’s law of nations defined natural born long before the first congress did. And there is evidence that Vatel’s was relied on in writing the constitution.
And if Trump is wrong, why are there so many people questioning Cruz’s eligibility?
Not only is the Naturalization Act of 1790 irrelevant to the question (a statute cannot change the Constitution), but it was repealed five years later in favor of another one that was clearly did not apply to the question of constitutional eligibility to the Presidency. Naturalized citizens are not natural born citizens, and as such and statute that begins with the term “Naturalization” is by definition irrelevant to the question of who is and who is not a natural born citizen.
Article III courts don’t make declaratory judgements
I believe they do, specifically in citizenship cases for insurance companies, school districts, etc.
Baloney. 1790 law was bn error. 1795 took care of that!