While I do that you check out US v Wong Kim Ark
Under the 14th Amendment’s Naturalization Clause and the Supreme Court case of United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 US. 649, anyone born on U.S. soil and subject to its jurisdiction is a natural born citizen, regardless of parental citizenship. This type of citizenship is referred to as birthright citizenship.
“Under the 14th Amendment’s Naturalization Clause and the Supreme Court case of United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 US. 649, anyone born on U.S. soil and subject to its jurisdiction is a natural born citizen, regardless of parental citizenship.”
Nope, the Supreme Court did not rule on natural born citizenship in that case. Don’t have the time to explain that and it has been done by people here more qualified than me.
According to your logic, the ten million illegals who just entered the country could have a baby and it would be a natural born citizen. That would mean natural born has no signification so why would it be a qualification to be president? Do you really think the writers of the Constitution thought it would be necessary for the president to be a citizen?
Wong Kim Ark doesn’t say that. 14A §1 citizens are citizens at birth via state statute, not Art. II, §1, Cl. 5 natural born citizens.
Right. That’s never been an issue. Confusion arises when someone is born abroad of one US citizen parent and one alien parent, as to the child’s derivative citizenship. The INA answers it. Also when a child is born abroad of two US citizen parents; that question was resolved when McCain ran in 2008.
Also: Natuiral born vs native born.