This is a most informative thread.
The OP is the usual Levin like post
No distinction between the rarely used term natural born and naturalized
And then discounts anyone who queries natural born as perpetuating a fraud
Even Cruz did this with the first 8 presidents comparison
Smart people are dodging and ducking and counter accusing
Natural born is mentioned twice by the founders in binding documents and anyone paying attention knows where
Everything else quoted is about naturalized etc
I confess no one knows for sure because Cruz is the first test
Had Obama actually been born in Kenya he would have been as well
The natural born deniers have to rest on the notion it never meant anything special or that revising various means by which citizenship was granted or born to negated the specific language natural born
Yet and this is where I see the problem
The term natural born used in Constitution pertaining to POTUS and the definition of that term in the subsequent 1790 act has never been super ceded by name
Never
Therein lies the rub
It is disheartening to see those who know better in media etc purposely ignoring that
For me personally it takes too much time to explain this to people not interested in empirical observation
It took me about half hour of research and I’m half as smart as Levin or Cruz
Some court will look at this if Cruz gets nomination and will have to rule on law or founders intent
And that is anyone’s guess
Living breathing versus literal I suppose or just simply bias
Courts are very political today
(Editorializing not directed at anyone in particular)