I think the NBC requirement is an archaic rule that needs to be discarded entirely. A person should be judged on his own character and not on some theoretical lack of dual loyalty. It did not apply to the founders and by the time it began to apply, the country was on a fast track to the Civil War.
The same constitution that required the president to be an NBC denied the rights of black people to even be naturalized citizens despite the fact that some of their families had been on the soil and working the damned soil for a hundred years before the founders were born.
The founders were far from perfect people. The NBC rule did not apply to any of them. It may have been their intention to prevent divided loyalties, but it hasn’t worked and never will.
I would prefer a rule that said that to be president you have to profess a belief in Christ as Lord and King. Too bad they didn’t insert that little clause. It might have prevented the Muslim in Chief from taking office.
yeah, and it would have the pope eligible!
The problems of the black people was settled by the 14th amendment. It was a question of Citizenship.It has NOTHING to do with being eligible for the presidency.