The problem is the Founders did not define Natural Born Citizen. We know the statement is in there to protect from foreign influence, but not a solid definition. The Federalist Papers do not tackle the definition either. It would have to go to SCOTUS to have a definite answer is my guess.
The problem is the Founders did not define Natural Born Citizen. We know the statement is in there to protect from foreign influence, but not a solid definition. The Federalist Papers do not tackle the definition either. It would have to go to SCOTUS to have a definite answer is my guess.
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I’m pretty sure they believed the term “natural born” spoke for itself, the same way that that the 2nd mentions a “well regulated militia”
Words mean something, or better said words meant something..why define the obvious?
I can provide documentation later. A SCOTUS case did determine it. And it was a commonly understood definition at that time.