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Just another comment from a non-lawyer: While laws can't change the constitution, Title 8 does not refer to “natural born citizens.” It refers to “Citzens of the United States at birth.” The two are not equal. If one follows your assertion to its implications, anchor babies are natural born citizens. The reasoning, well explained in Law of Nations, for insisting on natural born citizenship for only the president and his backup is the presumption that allegiance is passed to the children from the parents. Obama is a poster boy for why that is important. Obama’s supposed dad was a Muslim Marxist whose goal was the overthrow of the young Christian democracy in Kenya for alignment with the USSR and Cuba.

'Citizen at Birth" means exactly what it says. That is a law. But being natural born cannot be granted by law. It is what the Law of Nations said it was: born on the soil and of parents who are its citizens. Citzens have all sorts of rights. Only natural born citizens can be president. Most citizens are natural born citizens. Obama may or may not be a citizen. Jindal is, but isn't natural born because his parents weren't when he was born. McCain can't be made natural born by law - which seems unfair, but was put in the constitution for our safety as a nation.

While laws can't change the constitution, Title 8 does not refer to "natural born citizens." It refers to "Citzens of the United States at birth." The two are not equal. If one follows your assertion to its implications, anchor babies are natural born citizens. The reasoning, well explained in Law of Nations, for insisting on natural born citizenship for only the president and his backup is the presumption that allegiance is passed to the children from the parents. Obama is a poster boy for why that is important. Obama's supposed dad was a Muslim Marxist whose goal was the overthrow of the young Christian democracy in Kenya for alignment with the USSR and Cuba.

"Citizen at Birth" means exactly what it says. That is a law. But being natural born cannot be granted by law. It is what the Law of Nations said it was: born on the soil and of parents who are its citizens. Citzens have all sorts of rights. Only natural born citizens can be president. Most citizens are natural born citizens. Obama may or may not be a citizen. Jindal is, but isn't natural born because his parents weren't when he was born. McCain can't be made natural born by law - which seems unfair, but was put in the constitution for our safety as a nation.

I agree. Natural born citizen is not the same as citizen at birth and the requirements are more stringent for the reasons you cited. Both parents must be citizens.

Has there ever been a President whose father or mother was not a citizen, outside of the first generation who were born in England? No.