I said explicitly I was not a constitutional scholar and attributed the arguments to real scholars who were discussing the accusations of a few who said McCain and Dodd weren’t eligible to be president.
It was not a partisan debate.
I have no desire to go thru the Federalist Papers just for this minor point, tho it might be invigorating after all these years.
What your argument seems to say that the constitutional term of “natural born” means what YOU want it to mean, i.e., born within the territory of the U.S.
The writers of the Constitution were precise when they wanted to be and fuzzy when they wanted to be.
I actually have never heard from a person who makes the leap from ‘natural born’ to ‘born within the territory of the U.S.’ Many believe the Constitution is clear on the point to state explicitly that it defines a person as eligible for the presidency only if that person was born within the yada yada, but you’ve obviously read the document. How do you make that leap? I’d be interested in reading the argument. One is obtuse, one is crystal clear. “Natural born” doesn’t mean anything to mean.
If you're going to admit upfront you have no idea what you're talking about; that is a good indication that you have no business posting anything at all -- unless you just like to hear yourself type.
I have no desire to go thru the Federalist Papers
Then stop making things up about them.