It would be nice if the Constitution said clearly that the child of two immigrant, non-citizen parents born on American soil was not eligible to be President. Unfortunately, it doesn't say that. There is no legal precedent that establishes it, either. caww is right. It's a losing issue.
“There is no legal precedent that establishes it, either. caww is right. It’s a losing issue.”
Then why has it been taught in schools for two hundred years that natural born referred to being born of citizen parents?
And there have been legal precedent established for it over the years.
The Naturalization Act of 1790 extended the privilege of natural born status to children born overseas to citizen parents. Now, the slant has been developed that that is all natural born means. If you read the language closely, it defines natural born as being born of citizen parents, and not defining natural born as being merely children born overseas of citizen parents. The clause is merely extending natural born to that class of people. The writers of the Constitution did not include natural born into the Constitution as a contingency for that minute group of possible candidates for the presidency. That is absurd.
Natural born citizen. The word natural is the key.
The only way one can naturally be a citizen is when one could not be anything else.
Anyone born with more than one nationality is not naturally American.
Thank you Campion....