[so_real]

Perhaps regrettably, those that came between us and the Founders have meddled with citizenship to the point where, in most cases, birth within the nation does afford the child citizenship -- "anchorbabyhood". But ... at no point in our national history has an attempt been made to redefine "natural born citizen". And that is where Obama fails muster -- "dual citizen" and "natural born citizen" are incompatible concepts at their very cores.

[Vermont Lt]

Why isn’t this specified in the Constitution. I lived for about forty years believing something that wasn’t true. Instead or, or in addition to, state laws that prescribe what identification is necessary to run for office, we should work on defining citizenship in the constitution.

Can anyone point to something in the Federalist papers or any of the other founding documents that discusses this. I find it amazing that they did not specify the rules for citizenship.

[Clemenza]

Forget "original intent" or your own interpretation of the constitution. You have decades of judicial precedent against you. This is our Common Law system. Deal with it (by getting originalist justices appointed).

And the next person who tells me that congress can nullify supreme court decisions (usually by quoting the Birchers) needs to get back to the crack pipe.