[bushpilot2]

What did John Jay mean by natural born...Washington understood it’s meaning...so did Jefferson...and other Founders.

Why can’t we grasp it’s meaning? Does naturalization have same meaning as natural born? What about posterity...what does a ‘nation’ mean?

[Crucial]

The Founders wanted Americans born of American parents to represent Americans. They didn’t want foreigners taking the reigns of their fledgling country and destroying its independence and self determination. There’s no doubt in my mind.

[ml/nj]

Does naturalization have same meaning as natural born?

Please see my post On Constitutional Eligibility from January 2106, for the Oxford English Dictionary entries for natural-born, native-born, and naturalization.

ML/NJ