It can’t. All it can do is help to show what the commonly understood meaning of the term was at the time. So, the first congress said that the children of U.S. citizens born oversees “shall be considered as natural born citizens” unless the father had never been resident in the U.S. This shows us that the commonly understood meaning of natural born citizen at the time the constitution was written included children born to U.S. citizens overseas. This should put to a final end this birther nonsense.
If you refer to any effort by Congress to determine the MEANING OF A PHRASE, then what you’re saying is that the Constitution is a living document. Really believe that? Or only when it suits you?
Lets look at it this way. In reality, the moon is round. I tell you that it is actually square the first time I describe it to you. Then, after realizing my mistake, I tell you it is indeed round. Based upon my description, which should it be?
So Congress was really just REITERATING WHAT EVERYONE ALREADY KNEW... Why would they do that? Guess what? They didn’t do that. It’s a clue to inquiring minds.