The Big Lie Don't Be Fooled The "commentators' opinions" are wrong at
usa.govi.e., "[T]he Framers would have understood the term to mean someone who was a U.S. citizen at birth with no need to go through a naturalization proceeding at some later time." Statutory construction tells us unless or until Congress specifically states via its constitutional authority that "all citizens at birth are natural born citizens" the court MUST give a separate legal effect between §1 Amendment XIV (birthright citizenship) clause and Art. II, §1, Cl. 5 (natural born citizenship) clause. §1 Amendment XIV (birthright citizenship) clause is citizenship bestowed by the state. That is to say, naturalized citizenship at birth by the state plenary power, whereas Art. II, §1, Cl. 5 natural born citizens have a natural right to acquire the citizenship of their citizen-parents.