[MMaschin]

But you said the natural born subjects automatically became natural born Citizens. If that was the case, there would have been no need for the grandfather class

The real reason that the grandfather class was required, is because for the first 35 years, there were no natural born citizens eligible for the office of POTUS.

[Mears]

What’s a grandfather class?

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[Mr Rogers]

“But you said the natural born subjects automatically became natural born Citizens. If that was the case, there would have been no need for the grandfather class”

Wrong again. Try reading what I wrote:

“The grandfather clause allowed naturalized citizens who had risked their lives for the Revolution to become President...”

And what Justice Story wrote:

“This permission of a naturalized citizen to become president is an exception...out of respect to those distinguished revolutionary patriots, who were born in a foreign land, and yet had entitled themselves to high honours in their adopted country.”

[Mr Rogers]

BTW - Justice Story was writing in 1833, so he was not an Obamabot!

“Joseph Story (September 18, 1779 – September 10, 1845) was an American lawyer and jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1811 to 1845. He is most remembered for his opinions in Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee and The Amistad case, and especially for his magisterial Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, first published in 1833. Dominating the field in the 19th century, this work is a cornerstone of early American jurisprudence. It is the second comprehensive treatise on the provisions of the U.S. Constitution and remains a critical source of historical information about the forming of the American republic and the early struggles to define its law.”