Yes. How is that changing the Constitution?
Remember when people wanted arnie to be president. You’re saying all they need to do is get congress to write a law that natural born citizen means anyone that has been governor of a state is also a natural born citizen and then poof, arnie would be able to become president?
An idiotic analogy. Schwarzenegger was born in Austria and there is no disputing that. At birth he had no connection with the U.S, either by family or geography. He can only be naturalized.
Honey, are you serious?
Every part of the constitution has some sort of intent. It’s not just words.
Terms in the constition are used to express intent.
When someone has allegiance to a foreign gov’t, we don’t expect them to put our interests first. They may not even be able to fully understand what is in our best interest.
In order to protect us from such foreign allegiance, the constitution mandates natural born citizenship. If congress can change the definition of natural born citizenship, they can also change the definition of any other term in the constitution. If they can change the term to that of just a mere citizen, they have nulified the intent of the provision and altered the constitution greatly.
Even if you are born and raised in the US, if you are raised by people with allegiance to another country, that influence shapes your perceptions.
Do you understand?