“Any statutory definition of natural born citizen must comport with and be in furtherance of, the intent of the constitution and not the other way around”
That is true, but the Constitution does not define who is a natural born citizen.
That gives Congress not only the power BUT THE DUTY to define “natural born citizen.”
And Congress has done so, making various changes over the last 230 years.
Because there is nothing in the Constitution that clarifies who is a natural born citizen, it is essential that Congress provide the clarification.
Again, you stubbornly cling to your fantasy that the Constitution says what you wish it says — but it does not say what you think.
The constitution is not a dictionary. Only one provision has a specific definition, and that is treason. Somehow we have managed to impeach persons for high crimes and misdeameanors and promote interstate commerce without a constitutional definition either.
You are acting as though the framers did not have a common understanding of NBC. They did just as they knew what “well regulated” meant. The definition was taken from Vattel’s Law of Nations. That was THE treatise for understanding of terms of governance and diplomacy. That is the exact selfsame book that George Washington kept overdue from the NY Library for 250 years until it was discovered.
The only Congressional definition of NBC was that phony ass non-binding Senate Resolution 511 authored designed to give cover to McCain and by extension, Obama. Cruz nor Obama met THAT weak standard, (2 citizen parents) and they have NEVER defined NBC with regard to Article II, Section 1, clause 5. It is LONG overdue for resolution. So I say let’s adjudicate the matter in a competent court in an adversarial proceeding. Or do you fear the outcome?