I think it is clear by the fact that people even here of FR have different interpretations as to what determines a person to be “natural born” it is time for the Supreme Court to rule on this. I think Donofrio'a suit is quite timely and it is all the more imperative that the Supreme Court take this case and make a ruling on it.
I would hope that since Donofrio’s case relies on an interpretation of what that term means, that they would rule in a manner that would thereafter make it perfectly clear as to what the term “natural born” means.
“Based on Donofrio’s explanation and what I was taught, Bobby Jindal would not be considered a natural born citizen either.”
Read the 14th Amendment AND Blackstone Book 1, Chapter 10.
14th Amendment automatically makes ANYONE born in the United States a “citizen”.
We have to assume that it means “natural born”. Otherwise, NO ONE born AFTER 9 July 1868 would be eligible AND EVERY POTUS since like Teddy Roosevelt would NOT have qualified.
As for children of aliens born in the U.S., Blackstone clearly states that English Common Law the children of aliens, who are born in England, are, generally speaking, natural-born subjects, and that this differed from the Constitution of France in that a child, born of foreign parents, is an alien.