No other loyalties was the inception of the term “natural born citizen.” Read John Jay’s letter! John Jay was to become the FIRST CHIEF JUSTICE of the Supreme Court. George Washington passed on Jay’s suggestion to the Framers of the Constitution.
John Jay wrote a letter to General Washington, the President of the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention ...
“Permit me to hint, whether it would be wise and seasonable to provide a strong check to the admission of Foreigners into the administration of our national Government; and to declare expressly that the Command in Chief of the American army shall not be given to nor devolve on, any but a
natural born Citizen.”
General Washington handed the suggestion to the framers and the rest is history. As we are talking original intent, no “weight of legal and historical authority” is required to get this far. This is about “foreigners”.
“Read John Jay’s letter! John Jay was to become the FIRST CHIEF JUSTICE of the Supreme Court. George Washington passed on Jay’s suggestion to the Framers of the Constitution.”
And where did John Jay DEFINE who is a “natural born citizen?”
Answer: He did not.
In response to John Jay’s letter, the Constitutional Convention required that a president must have lived in the United States for at least 14 years (out of 35 years minimum to be President).