I take back my remark about you being an intelligent person. Well, maybe you are, but if so, you are not honest in argument on this point.
You even quoted me where I said "If you are citizen whose citizenship does not depend on a statute, then you are a natural born citizen." That does not translate, at all, into "everybody's citizenship depends on a statute."
If 1401(a) didn't exist, the 14th amendment makes persons born in the US and subject to its jurisdiction, citizens of the US.
Or are you another one, like taxcontrol, who finds the constitution doesn't operate until Congress passes a statute that says what the constitution says?
I'm pretty smart. I just love watching you guys chase your tails over and over again.
If 1401(a) didn't exist, the 14th amendment makes persons born in the US and subject to its jurisdiction, citizens of the US.
Section 5 of the 14th Amendment: "The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article." The very law you say means people aren't natural born citizens is what Congress enacted to enforce the 14th Amendment.