Okay, I’ll give you that. But, smell-test-wise, simple logic dictates that the framers intended that no one with potentially divided loyalties (like, mayhap, having a declared father as a British subject) should be able to hold the highest office in the land. Unfortunately for the moment at least, according to Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas, the Court is avoiding the question.
FJ
I agree, and I think the Court would rule that way in the instance that the parents were citizens of a country hostile to the US, such as Iran or Cuba. But, even in those situations, I would think the courts would rule that if the parents fled those countries, they in essence gave up their other citizenship and have broken their loyalty to their home country. That is just how I think the court would rule. I wouldnt see them saying that a father with dual citizenship in Britain would count as mixed loyalties, but we wont get to see that anyway.