Starting page 8 is a review of the situation by someone who was INS Chief COunsel - not sure if he held the title at that time.
http://digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2068&context=mlr
All one can do is make a reasoned argument and come to a conclusion. That conclusion doesn’t mean it was the reality.
I don’t know the answer. All I want to do is be fair to the analysis with the knowledge that James Madison is the one that took out the definition.
Charles Gordon: “And
the
issue
of
presidential
eligibility
is
not
necessarily
settled,
even
if
we
were
to
accept
the
thesis
that
the
1790
act
was
entirely
a
naturalization
statute.
The
Constitution
does
not
speak
of
naturalized
citizens
but
rather
qualifies
only
“a
natural-born
citizen.”