[fightinJAG]

You’re kidding, right?

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.

The Constitution simply states the standard. It does nothing to explain what it means.

And as for those “citizens at the time of the adoption of this Constitution”? They are all a little bit dead by now. This provision was a one-time grandfathering in of the people who were not natural born citizens because their parents were not Americans, nor had America even existed at the time of their birth.

It in no way opened eligibility to be president up in the future to non-natural born citizens. Once that generation was gone, the only standard for eligibility was “natural born citizen.”

[OL Hickory]

Like I said before...This must have some merit.

The “Obots” seem to be coming to us ,asking questions

[RummyChick]

If you read this article you can see that the "natural born citizen" part of this clause has been at issue a number of times...never more important than today.

I would think the Supreme Court would want to hear this case..but I fear that won't happen.

Here is another interesting excerpt:

As mentioned earlier, the Supreme Court had already tackled the meaning of the 14th amendment’s citizenship clause prior to Wong Kim Ark, and unlike the Kim Ark court, did consider the intent and meaning of the words by those who introduced the language of the clause. In the Slaughterhouse cases the court noted “[t]he phrase, ‘subject to its jurisdiction’ was intended to exclude from its operation children of ministers, consuls, and citizens or subjects of foreign States born within the United States.”

http://federalistblog.us/2006/12/us_v_wong_kim_ark_can_never_be_considered.html

[Badabing Badablonde]

You’re kidding, right?

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.