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.
Would the Founders qualify someone as a natural born citizen who was born to a non-citizen parent, had dual citizenship at birth and later that needed to be renounced, born in another country,but with one U.S. citizen parent ?
As a person of honest good will, do you think our Founders would have considered that person a natural born citizen? Or?...As a person of honest good will do you think the Founders would have considered him not eligible for the position of president?
(Just wondering)
As an honest person of good will how would you like to see natural born citizenship defined?
My apologies. It would help if FR had an edit option.
Here is the proof read version:
So?....In your opinion, as person of honest good how do you think our Founders would define “natural born citizen�
Would the Founders qualify someone as a natural born citizen who was born in another country with one non-U.S. citizen parent, had dual citizenship at birth and later that foreign citizenship needed to be renounced, but one parent ( at birth) was a U.S. citizen?
As a person of honest good will, do you think our Founders would have considered that person a natural born citizen? Or?...As a person of honest good will do you think the Founders would have considered him not eligible for the position of president?
(Just wondering)