[El Gato]

However, for your edification I post the following link to the U.S. Statute which covers the citizenship of children born to American citizens in the Canal Zone. Note that it requires only one parent to be an American citizen in order to confer American citizenship on the child

Do you see the words "Natural Born Citizen" anywhere in that section of the code? It's not there. Even if it was, the Congress cannot, by the simple passage of a law, change the meaning of Constitutional terms.

[jamese777]

Do you see the words “Natural Born Citizen” anywhere in that section of the code? It’s not there. Even if it was, the Congress cannot, by the simple passage of a law, change the meaning of Constitutional terms.

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Which branch of government is charged with the responsibility of determining the meaning of constitutional terms?