The citizenship of no man could be previous to the declaration of independence, and, as a natural right, belongs to none but those who have been born of citizens since the 4th of July, 1776.
Wrong. I will post the very words.” No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.” The Constitution was ratified on June 21, 1788. Since then a person born in the United States and under the US’s jurisdiction (this excludes the children of foreign diplomats) are natural born citizens, period. The only controversy until this latest insanity has been over someone born outside the US to US citizens.