[Verginius Rufus]

Look up "natural born citizen" on Wikipedia. They cite the 1790 law passed by Congress, which clearly says that children of US citizens born overseas are "natural born citizens." There was a later law in 1795 which superseded the 1790 law and omitted the phrase about natural born citizen--so some people have been questioning whether McCain is eligible.

If you Google the term, most of the discussion is about McCain but there are some on Obama (at least one referring to a discussion on Free Republic).

If Congress could pass a law in 1790 explaining what "natural born citizen" means, what would prevent them from passing a new law to clarify the term now?

[Calpernia]

Sec. 1401(g) provides: The following shall be nationals and citizens of the United States at birth: . . . (g) a person born outside the geographical limits of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is an alien, and the other a citizen of the United States who, prior to the birth of such person, was physically present in the United States or its outlying possessions for a period or periods totaling not less than five years, at least two of which were after attaining the age of fourteen years . . . .

Congress won’t pass a law to accomodate an enemy combatant.