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Still, even your good work must be called into question, I am afraid. We really can't rely on that precedent. We are talking about a legal term, a modifier, that in its place is 'sui generis' -- a thing unique.

We must consider precedents to the term "natural born" only in the context of qualification for President, or similar high, powerful position. There it must be taken in a stricter sense. Why? Because for the Presidency positions the Founders clearly wanted stronger strictures than for regular citizenship.

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We must consider precedents to the term "natural born" only in the context of qualification for President, or similar high, powerful position. There it must be taken in a stricter sense. Why? Because for the Presidency positions the Founders clearly wanted stronger strictures than for regular citizenship.

I'm sorry but I can't agree with that. To require one legal definition of 'natural born' for candidates for president and a second legal definition of 'natural born' for everyone else creates a two-tiered legal structure with one set of rules for some people and a different set for everyone else. I don't see how that can be possible. 'Natural born' has a single meaning and a single definition. It means the same regardless of who it is applied to. And the definition has been established by law, by Constitution, and by Supreme Court decisions.