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It is the combination of the US Constitution, related (hopefully ;)) US Law, and Supreme Court Rulings that HAVE to be the determination of the definition of Natural Born.

No my friend. It is the intent of the DELEGATES that has to be the determination of the definition of Natural born citizen. No one else created the law. No one else gets to say what it means.

The opinion of anyone who wasn't there is hearsay.

“No one else gets to say what it means. “

Actually, you are dead wrong about that. We the People, alive today, get to say what rules us. They had their determination, we get to have ours.

Your claim that our future is beholden to someone else of years past is dead wrong. We get our say.

No my friend. It is the intent of the DELEGATES that has to be the determination of the definition of Natural born citizen. No one else created the law. No one else gets to say what it means.

The opinion of anyone who wasn't there is hearsay.

Sorry, that is incorrect.

They started this process of constitutional governance and left us with the Constutition which has been amended many times. And while the original intent will, and should, be taken into consideration if any further adjustments to the Constitution is made, the process for Amending the constitution is plainly laid out by that Constitution and it is that through that process, if necessary, that the Definition of "Natural Born" citizen will be defined. As defined in the Constitution, is not required for the intent to be taken into consideration, it should be, but it is not required.

If that were the case, we would still have the 3/5ths requirement with regards to the citizenship of black men.

In other words, original intent is important, but it is not the only measure as to any issue before the Supreme Court today.