” “Drafts” do not carry the force of law.”
Or course. But the Hamilton wording emphasizes the point that the framers saw these terms as equivalent and synonymous - “born a Citizen of the United States” and “natural-born citizen” are the same thing, and they saw it that way.
The same wiki link has these other definitions:
The Oxford English Dictionary and Webster’s International Dictionary (3rd edition) define it as a person who becomes a citizen at birth (as opposed to becoming one later).
Blacks Law Dictionary (9th Edition) defines ‘Natural Born Citizen’ as “A person born within the jurisdiction of a national government.”
A memorandum to Congress dated April 3rd, 2009, written by the Congressional Research Service, states—
Considering the history of the constitutional qualifications provision, the common use and meaning of the phrase “natural-born subject” in England and in the Colonies in the l700s, the clause’s apparent intent, the subsequent action of the first Congress in enacting the naturalization act of 1790 (expressly defining the term “natural born citizen” to include a person born abroad to parents who are United States citizens), as well as subsequent Supreme Court dicta, it appears that the most logical inferences would indicate that the phrase “natural born Citizen” would mean a person who is entitled to U.S. citizenship “at birth”or” by birth.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_born_citizen_of_the_United_States
Or course. But the Hamilton wording emphasizes the point that the framers saw these terms as equivalent and synonymous - “born a Citizen of the United States” and “natural-born citizen” are the same thing, and they saw it that way.
The same wiki link has these other definitions:
The Oxford English Dictionary and Webster’s International Dictionary (3rd edition) define it as a person who becomes a citizen at birth (as opposed to becoming one later).
Blacks Law Dictionary (9th Edition) defines ‘Natural Born Citizen’ as “A person born within the jurisdiction of a national government.”
A memorandum to Congress dated April 3rd, 2009, written by the Congressional Research Service, states—
Considering the history of the constitutional qualifications provision, the common use and meaning of the phrase “natural-born subject” in England and in the Colonies in the l700s, the clause’s apparent intent, the subsequent action of the first Congress in enacting the naturalization act of 1790 (expressly defining the term “natural born citizen” to include a person born abroad to parents who are United States citizens), as well as subsequent Supreme Court dicta, it appears that the most logical inferences would indicate that the phrase “natural born Citizen” would mean a person who is entitled to U.S. citizenship “at birth”or” by birth.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_born_citizen_of_the_United_States
The following Obama eligibility lawsuits have made it to the Supreme Court of the United States for the High Court to consider Petitions for Writs of Certiorari or for consideration of applications for stays of Obama’s election or his taking office: Berg v Obama, Beverly v The Federal Elections Commission, Craig et. al. v US, Donofrio v Wells, Herbert et. al. v Obama, Roberts, et. al., Lightfoot v Bowen, Schneller v Cortes, and Wrotnowski v Bysiewicz.
All eight appeals have been rejected for hearings before the full court. It takes four of the nine justices to agree to hear an appeal before the full Court which is known as the Supreme Court’s tradition of “the rule of four.”