Fundamentally, the **only** thing that makes the Constitution work is the **honest** good will of the citizens. No number of constitutions, laws, or definitions will corral evil. Evil will leak through every time.
So!....If citizens choose to ignore the original intent of the Founders of our nation, don't be surprised when evil comes jack booting its way through your door.
Or the word "the" either, but these are terms so generically used as to be unexceptionable.
"Natural born" is a term of legal art that had various shades of meaning at the time.
Original intent is particularly murky on this issue, given how contentious the debate was over the Alien and Sedition acts, and repeals, that occurred in the very first years of government under the Constitution.
So true.