You see no room for argument in Article II, Section I, the rest of us see *no definition* of “natural born citizen” in Article II, Section I.
I see no room for argument, except for those who have an agenda.
Arthur is dead. Obama is going to be our president. Let it go. No person and no court is going to be successful in challenging his citizenship.
And before I am accused of being, what have they called it?....an Obama-bot.....check out my past posts.
Natural born citizen is just what it says.....a citizen by birth born in one of the 50 or territories. If it were an issue, it would have been addressed and gaveled years ago.
When has this issue ever been presented to the Supreme Court?
BTW, in the law there is always room for argument. That said, I have no “agenda” except to advocate for the Constitution. If that should require Supreme Court action-—and it may or may not in this case-—then so be it.
If “natural born citizen” is defined as you say it is, then I’m assuming you claim John McCain is not a natural born citizen and, therefore, is ineligible to serve as president?
Please don’t come back with “well, there’s an exception for . . .” Once you concede there are exceptions, your flat statement has already fallen flat.
While ultimately the definition you propose may be deemed the correct one, it’s quite naive to pontificate that this issue is cut and dry simply because the Court has had no occasion to address the issue to date.