[Electric Graffiti]

....divided loyalties to other nations?!

From Vattel's 'Law of Nations':

§ 212. Citizens and natives. The citizens are the members of the civil society; bound to this society by certain duties, and subject to its authority, they equally participate in its advantages. The natives, or natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens. As the society cannot exist and perpetuate itself otherwise than by the children of the citizens, those children naturally follow the condition of their fathers, and succeed to all their rights.




Any questions why the founders put the natural born citizenship requirement in the Constitution?

[BP2]

> ....divided loyalties to other nations?!

>> Any questions why the founders put the
>> natural born citizenship requirement in the Constitution?

"Permit me to hint, whether it would be wise and seasonable to provide a strong check to the admission of Foreigners into the administration of our national Government; and to declare expressly that the Commander in Chief of the American army shall not be given to nor devolve on, any but a natural born Citizen." - John Jay (who would go on to be the first Chief Justice) to the presiding officer of the Constitutional Convention, George Washington on July 25, 1787.

WHY? Because of the divided loyalties of the two T's ...
... Tories and Traitors.

And they say that history never repeats ...