“The presidency was considered a higher office and therefore deserving of stricter standards.
And those stricter standards are? Give us a description.”
Simple: Those eligible to be President needed to be born a Citizen of the United States, rather than a naturalized citizen. Hamilton’s draft of the constitutional provision was:
” No person shall be eligible to the office of President of the United States unless he be now a Citizen of one of the States, or hereafter be born a Citizen of the United States.”[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_born_citizen_of_the_United_States
The intent and meaning of natural-born was and is clear - it is equivalent to those who acquire citizenship via birth.
“”...there are states, as, for instance, England, where the single circumstance of being born in the country naturalises the children of a foreigner.” - Vattel
And those stricter standards are? Give us a description.
Simple: Those eligible to be President needed to be born a Citizen of the United States, rather than a naturalized citizen. Hamiltons draft of the constitutional provision was:
No person shall be eligible to the office of President of the United States unless he be now a Citizen of one of the States, or hereafter be born a Citizen of the United States.[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_born_citizen_of_the_United_States
The intent and meaning of natural-born was and is clear - it is equivalent to those who acquire citizenship via birth.
...there are states, as, for instance, England, where the single circumstance of being born in the country naturalises the children of a foreigner. - Vattel
Where in any law ever passed by any Congress in US history is the two citizen parent requirement codified in law? Where in any decision ever issued by the Supreme Court of the United States has the two citizen parent requirement in order to be a natural born citizen been upheld?
An 18th century Swiss professor’s law book also does not carry the force of law in the United States.
“We conclude that a person born within the borders of the United States is a “Natural Born Citizen” for Article II, Section 1 purposes, regardless of the citizenship of their parents.”—Indiana Court of Appeals in “Ankeney, et.al. v The Governor of Indiana, Mitch Daniels.”—November 12, 2009