[Kenny Bunk]

FW, I suspect and fear that this question of what a Natural Born Citizen is, is beyond resolution until AFTER Obama leaves office. The SCOTUS has a morbid fear of the issue and wants it well clear of an election. I think they, like everyone else, anticipate that Obama will be gone after 2012, and that a properly brought case can be heard on the merits at or after that time, without the specter of political involvement by the Court in an election.

The case, should it be heard, will probably not even involve Obama. If it isn't heard, our place in the world as a constitutional republic will be irreparably weakened, if not altogether lost.

[Fantasywriter]

I agree with everything you wrote. Everything. However, it’s beside the point of what I’m asking certain posters on this thread. I’m asking them if *they* were Founders, would they have selected language intended to enshrine the right of foreign enemies to father future presidents, or would they, as Founders, have selected language designed to limit POTUS to the offspring of American citizens. Not hard, not complex. But so far unanswered.