The Framers' drew on Emmer De Vattel's definition of Natural Born Citizen (from his famous work, "Law of Nations") when they wrote it into our Constitution. It was the highest and securest bar they could place on the office of president, to prevent usurpation by someone with divided loyalties.
Best representation of the NBC issue I’ve seen, where did you find this?
>> The Framers’ drew on Emmer De Vattel’s definition of Natural Born Citizen <<
Maybe they did. But under Section One, Article Eight of the Constitution, Congress can change the requirements as to who must be “naturalized” — versus who becomes a citizen at birth. So whatever Vattel’s definition of “natural born” might have been, it was long ago made obsolete both by statutory law and by the 14th Amendment.
Yes, but they didn't have a time machine to zoom forward to use the 19th Century English edition like so many here claim.
Also, your claim that a minor can have his citizenship taken away from him also has no backing. In fact, it's contraindicated by legal precedent, to my knowledge.
Thanks for the graphic.
Another visual illustration I can think of (vastly oversimplified) is that of the double gate: e.g. a double barrier at a grade-level railroad crossing, a double watertight door on a submarine for underwater entry and exit, a double gate at a dog park. All of the above show how a double gate keeps the right things in and the right things out. “Natural born citizen” is how our Constitution keeps foreigners and those with foreign loyalties out of the Presidency (and Vice Presidency) and allows only loyal natural-born Americans inside.
Great graphic in #25 that is easy to understand! Thanks!