[El Gato]

The current law of the land as codified in the US Code (Title 8/Section 1401) spells out the requirements to be a “Citizen-at-birth” and no court has ever ruled that there is a distinction between a person meeting the requirements to be a Citizen-at-birth and the requirements to be a “natural born citizen.”

That turns out not to be the case. Those born outside the US, and citizens at birth via 8/1401, have been ruled to be "naturalized at birth", in at least two Supreme Court cases. One as recently as the 1970s, IIRC.

Of course that only makes sense, since the power to define naturalization is the only power Congress has been delegated regarding citizenship. Since "naturalized" and "Natural born" do not intersect at all, such persons cannot be considered Natural Born Citizens.

[jamese777]

That turns out not to be the case. Those born outside the US, and citizens at birth via 8/1401, have been ruled to be “naturalized at birth”, in at least two Supreme Court cases. One as recently as the 1970s, IIRC.

Of course that only makes sense, since the power to define naturalization is the only power Congress has been delegated regarding citizenship. Since “naturalized” and “Natural born” do not intersect at all, such persons cannot be considered Natural Born Citizens.

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The term “naturalized at birth” does not appear in the US Code.
The state of Hawaii has confirmed that Barack Hussein Obama II was born inside of the United States.
To wit: “I, Dr. Chiyome Fukino, Director of the Hawai’i State Department of Health, have seen the original vital
records maintained on file by the Hawai‘i State Department of Health verifying Barack Hussein Obama was born in Hawai‘i and is a natural-born American citizen. I have nothing further to add to this statement or my original statement issued in October 2008 over eight months ago.”