[fso301]

What’s your legal basis for concluding that a mother’s citizenship determined “natural born” status (citizenship by operation of nature) as opposed to merely citizenship (by operation of law)?

I don't think I ever suggested his mothers citizenship conferred a "natural born" status. My point was that even though his father was an English citizen, the article pointed out that his mother was an American from Vermont and that Arthur derived his citizenship from his mother.

[fightinJAG]

Well, there’s no debate that he was a citizen. What we’re debating is eligibility to serve as president based on being a “natural born citizen.”