“All citizens at the time of the adoption of the Constitution were ‘grandfathered in’ relative to the “natural born’ requirement.”
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Have you considered the possibility that the reason for that clause in COTUS is that there was nobody 35 years old, or older, who was born a citizen of the U.S., for the simple reason that 35 years prior to the adoption of COTUS there was no U.S.?
am I supposed to say Duh ?