WOSG's point wasn't the current validity of the 1790 law, it was that the 1790 law provided a fairly accurate snapshot of the Founder's intent.
I submit that the 1790 law assumed that the off shore parent was a white male, and it was just to obvious for words to have to say so explicitly!
“The 1790 law has changed a number of times and doesn’t resemble the original when Obama or McCann was born.”
“WOSG’s point wasn’t the current validity of the 1790 law, it was that the 1790 law provided a fairly accurate snapshot of the Founder’s intent.”
Yes, correct, but my broader point was arguing against the (false IMHO) claim that Congress couldn’t regulate the meaning of the term ‘natural-born’. Congress can and has done that throughout our history.
While the law has changed in details, the basic parameters are: You are a natural-born citizen if you are born in the U.S. or if your parents (used to both both, or father, now either parent) are U.S. citizens.
Raycpa, thanks for citing the relevant laws from 1934, 1952, etc.