[Windflier]

Your position has never been adopted by the courts.

Is that a good or a bad thing, in your mind?

I ask, because the Framers saw it exactly as I stated it, and so have most Americans, from colonial times to present. The concept was even taught in our schools. I certainly remember being taught that way.

So where do you stand? Do you accept the liberal interpretation of the phrase, 'natural born citizen', or do you stand with the Framers, historical precedent and common sense?

[Okeydoker]

Since you are such a Constitutional scholar I am sure you agree that article 3 states that the judiciary decides how the law is interpreted and marbury v. Madison conclusively decided that the Supreme Court is the one judicial branch that interprets the meaning of the constitution.

So, unless you have a court decision that favors your interpretation it is merely an layman’s opinion, not a constitutional interpretation. Simply put, your personal opinion is pretty worthless absent a court agreeing.