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It was "student note" written by a law student, who doesn't mention the author of the 14th Amendement's own comments on the issue. Nor, the same definition reitterated by founder Ramsay and in the dicta of 5 SCOTUS cases.

She states:

"It is well settled that "native-born" citizens, those born in the United States, qualify as natural born.""

Native born = Natural born? Well settled? Really? Where? When? By whom?

She then states:

"This Note argues that the natural-born citizen clause can only be properly understood if we appreciate the interplay of that clause with the naturalization powers clause of article 1,10 as modified by section one of the Fourteenth Amendment"

Amazing. Really. The definition that the framers knew is "interplayed" with the 14th Amendment and naturalization powers. Wow. Yeah. Sure.

The theory of a law student in 1988 vs. founder Ramsay, the dicta of 5 SCOTUS cases and John Bingham, all reaffirming Vattel's definition. Born in country, to citizen parentS.

Alex, I'll go with the "student note" from the 1988 law student for 500.

Not.

"It was "student note" written by a law student"

It was a scholarly work published in the Yale Law Journal. If you weren't an uneducated rube, you might have figured that one out on your own, smart-ass. Again, for the intellectually challenged, here's the article...

Natural-Born Citizen Clause and Presidential Eligibility: Resolving Two Hundred Years of Uncertainty, 97 Yale L.J. 881 (1988).

If you ever went to a blue-chip law school, rather than flipping burgers at Dennys or wherever, you might understand the significance of being published at Yale. Typical birther though, can't find the rear-end in the dark with a flashlight and a map.

"Native born = Natural born? Well settled? Really? Where? When? By whom?"

Here you go, birther boy. Quoting form the majority opinion in Schneider v. Rusk, 377 U.S. 163 (1964)...

"We start from the premise that the rights of citizenship of the native born and of the naturalized person are of the same dignity, and are coextensive. The only difference drawn by the Constitution is that only the "natural born" citizen is eligible to be President. Art. II, § 1. "

The import of Schnieder is clear (you know what import means, right?) - they are using "native born" and "natural born" interchangeably, establishing a clear vernacular difference with no legal distinction.

"Amazing. Really. The definition that the framers knew is "interplayed" with the 14th Amendment and naturalization powers. Wow. Yeah. Sure"

You have no idea what she said, and you're mocking her. You're hysterical, and not in the good way.