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Thank you for standing up to Mrknowitall.
One other point: in the Constitution it states that a Representative must be a citizen for at least 7 years. Now if the founders just wanted the President to be a citizen they would have just written qualifications for POTUS as they did for Representatives. Just the fact that they wrote Natural born it had to mean more than just citizen. So Mr. Know it all, why did they write it like that? As far as interpreting the Constitution, when asked this question Justice Thomas said "go back and understand the Framer's viewpoint..read what they read". At that time Vattel's "The Law of Nations" was widely read & Natural Born Citizen is clearly defined.

At that time Vattel's "The Law of Nations" was widely read & Natural Born Citizen is clearly defined.

There is no reason to see why Vattel should be legally binding, but I'll bite:

The natives, or natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens.

I guess it's a good thing McCain didn't win because he wasn't born in the country. Obama's mother was a citizen and he was born in this country.

End of story.