“Natural Born Citizen” has ALWAYS meant “Citizen at the Moment of Birth” -—
However, Congress has changed the rules, more than once, as to which New Borns qualify, and which do not.
“Radical birthers”?????/
You’re showing your bias.
“However, Congress has changed the rules, more than once, as to which New Borns qualify, and which do not. “
You may be right—congresscritters do the damndest things!
Bath-House Barry Propped Up By Congress!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3aCfR8rmrw
I found the quote below on line, purporting to be from the US Supreme Court, Minor v. Happersett,1875.
If this is a true and accurate quote, it contradicts your definitive statement:
Natural Born Citizen has ALWAYS meant Citizen at the Moment of Birth
Since I am not a lawyer, as you appear to be, please enlighten me. Thank you.
“At common law, with the nomenclature of which the framers of the Constitution were familiar, it was never doubted that all children born in a country of parents who were its citizens became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also. These were natives or natural-born citizens, as distinguished from aliens or foreigners. Some authorities go further and include as citizens children born within the jurisdiction without reference to the citizenship of their parents. As to this class there have been doubts, but never as to the first.”
Oh, you're a sneaky snake, aren't you!
You are right, a natural born citizen is always going to be a citizen at birth.
A simple test for you - a man and a woman immigrate to the US. They both become citizens of the US through the naturalization process. They then have a child in one of the several States of the US.
Is that child a citizen or a natural born citizen?
NO IT HASN'T. When I was in school and CIVICS was being taught we were taught that a Natural Born Citizen was one born of two citizen parents.
“Natural Born Citizen has ALWAYS meant Citizen at the Moment of Birth
WRONG! The person whose father was born in Canada to two U.S. citizens, is a “citizen at birth”. FACT
Are you saying he would be eligible to be president of the United States (a Natural Born Citizen) having been born in a foreign country?
That IS what you are saying and it is RIDICULOUS!