[urtax$@work]

"every person born within the United States"

kinda begs the question of... Why did the FOUNDING FATHERS have to EXEMPT themselves??... from the NBC Requirement.

[newzjunkey]

Obviously… there was no United States when they were born.

[SamuraiScot]

Why did the FOUNDING FATHERS have to EXEMPT themselves??... from the NBC Requirement.

As I recall, they don't just exempt themselves. They, and everyone else born in the colonies when they were, were British subjects at the time of their birth, as were their parents.