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The ‘Leahy Resolution is not authority in support of requiring 2 citizen-parents if the individual is born in the USA. The reason the resolution was passed was because McCain was not born within the sovereign territorial limits of the USA. Only because he was not born in the USA was the citizenship of his parents necessary to addressed. Under the U.S. Code, if a person is born outside the USA to citizens, that person is still a NBC even though not born in the USA. You must look to reason why, historical perspective and context of the resolution. The process and passage of the resolution was not done in a vacuum.

You can put whatever you wish in the proposal as to where a suit should be brought, but that will prevent the DOJ, RNC nor DNC from bringing a case in Federal Court since this issue necessarily involves a Federal, US Constitutional question. This will not prevent someone from being denied access to the ballot since I am sure the the enforcement of the law will be enjoined while the case is being litigated. Similar to the Arizona case.

IOW, the big guns can stop the little guys for as long as they can keep the lawylerly jackassery tapdance routine going. That is the case regardless of what is in the bill. There’s no way to appease the Department of Injustice monster so there’s nothing left to lose; may as well do the whole thing and at least have something of value when you’re done.

Where in the US Code does it say specifically that a person is a “natural born citizen” if born to 2 US citizens outside the US?