You say, There was a specific reason why the founders declined to identify and describe what exactly an NBC is. Do you know why? I do.
You then cite an article from 2016 by law professor Malinda L. Seymore of Texas A&M as your expert. Why? Can you explain yourself as to why you think this person has the definitive answer?
In Federalist #68, Alexander Hamilton explained their intent with confidence that they handled the NBC matter themselves quite well. Now you suggest otherwise.
Nothing was more to be desired than that every practicable obstacle should be opposed to cabal, intrigue, and corruption. These most deadly adversaries of republican government might naturally have been expected to make their approaches from more than one querter, but chiefly from the desire in foreign powers to gain an improper ascendant in our councils. How could they better gratify this, than by raising a creature of their own to the chief magistracy of the Union? But the convention have guarded against all danger of this sort, with the most provident and judicious attention.Hamilton explicitly wrote "But the convention have guarded against all danger of this sort, with the most provident and judicious attention," but you now claim that the Framers punted the definition of NBC to Congress.
Didn't Hamilton mean that "creatures of their own" raised by "foreign powers" were the children of non-citizen parents who still held allegiance to their home country but were raising their children in the United States?
When Hamilton wrote "But the convention have guarded against all danger of this sort, with the most provident and judicious attention," wasn't he referring to the natural born citizen requirement in Article II section 1? When he wrote "with the most provident and judicious attention" wasn't he stating that the Framers gave it very thoughtful consideration?
How do you square Hamilton's words with your own?
-PJ
How do you square Hamilton’s words with your own?
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These are not my words. They are words and ideas of thousands of legal scholars and historical experts who’ve attempted over 200 plus years to make sense of a vague and unclear notion.
To claim complete perfect knowledge either for or against the meaning and intent of NBC is blind stupid arrogance.