There is also no constitutional language nor any law which spells out the definition of “natural born citizen”, much less which spells out what the legal standard of proof is. If people are really concerned about this issue, they should be pushing for new legislation which will apply to future Presidential elections. The 2008 election is over.
I gather you didn't read my earlier post. There is an unambiguous definition cited by the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in a case from 1815, The Venus.
http://supreme.justia.com/us/12/253/case.html Read it yourself. The term “Natives” or “Indigines” is synonymous with natural born. The equivalence was cited by John Bingham, 14th Amendment author, during the amendment process in his speech to Congress, and is in the Congressional Record. The equivalence is also cited in the work cited by John Marshall as the most important legal reference to the founders, The Law of Nations. The definition has been used and repeated many times, including by Patrick Leahy, et. al. in Senate Res. 511 of 2008. So, while you've heard many make the statement “...there is no constitutional language”, that is not true. The term is used and the definition from Law of Nations referred to at least as early after Washington's insertion of Article II Section 1, in The Venus. It is about as well defined as "terms-of-art" get, just not used as often as some others like "equal protection." But you will find, if you are interested, a number of cases where it has been used: Wong Kim Ark, Minor v. Happersett, ...