“...That native-born citizens are natural born citizens was clear and settled long ago,..”
You’re full of crap and spreading lies.
Natural born Citizen is an eligibility requirement to serve as President of the United States per Article 2, Section 1, of the United States Constitution, period. It does not appear ANYWHERE else in the statutes covering citizenship.
For the Federal descriptions of citizenship, go to:
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services - Citizenship
If you meet certain requirements, you may become a U.S. citizen either at birth or after birth.
To become a citizen at birth, you must:
* Have been born in the United States or certain territories or outlying possessions of the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; OR
* had a parent or parents who were citizens at the time of your birth (if you were born abroad) and meet other requirements
To become a citizen after birth, you must:
* Apply for “derived” or “acquired” citizenship through parents
* Apply for naturalization
The above describe ‘native born’, ‘derived, and ‘naturalized’ citizenship. You will not find ‘natural born citizenship anywhere on that government site. It is not recognized as a statutory type of citizenship.
The eligibility requirements for Senator and Representative require one be a Citizen (native born, derived from parents, or naturalized - it doesn’t matter).
To be President requires a person be a Natural born Citizen (note the wording; person, rather than ‘citizen’). The Constitutional Congress was very detailed about this issue.
Leo Donofrio has now found the definition in legal precedent.
Don’t bother spreading any more disinformation on Free Republic.
I had already cited it to the pear-reviewed literature of the discipline, earlier in the thread, but here it is again:“...That native-born citizens are natural born citizens was clear and settled long ago,..”You’re full of crap and spreading lies.
"It is clear enough that native-born citizens are eligible and that naturalized citizens are not." [Charles Gordon, Who Can Be President of the United States: The Unresolved Enigma, 28 Md. L. Rev. 1, 19 (1968).]
"It is well settled that 'native-born' citizens, those born in the United States, qualify as natural born." [Jill Pryor, 'The Natural-Born Citizen Clause and Presidential Eligibility', 97 Yale Law Journal 881-889 (1988).]
Leo Donofrio has now found the definition in legal precedent.Have you noticed the results when Donofrio tests his legal theories in court?