[Spaulding]

Wong Kim v. Ark addressed citizenship. There was never a question of redefining natural born citizenship, which has never varied from the citations in The Venus, Minor. V. Happersett, or, as Leo Donofrio has observed, when John Jay caused Alexander Hamilton to change the June 18 draft of the constitution regarding Article II, from “Citizen of the U.S.” into “Natural Born Citizen.” Jay explained in archived letters exactly what and why he wanted the commander in chief to be more than a citizen, and what legal dictionary, Law of Nations, he was using as a source.

Think of the risks of not specifying a natural born citizen, keeping in mind that a purpose of the constitution is to preserve our liberties. A young Muslim couple comes here to attend school. They are not citizens, and have a child. They are in fact talented and committed jihadists, such as the Doctors in Scotland who tried to blow up airplanes. But they are disciplined and quiet, and their child is not prevented from becoming commander in chief.

[Technical Editor]

Do you have a cite for those letters? I would love to see them. I want to be right about this issue, so if I’m wrong and it can be demonstrated to me that I am wrong, I’m a happy camper.