“Born in the country to two citizen parents = natural born citizen.”
Unlike the first nine presidents, until the tenth, John Tyler, 66 years after 1776,
Apologies, 65 years.
Unlike the first nine presidents,
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True but keep in mind all nine were born on the soil that was to become the USA.
Perhaps you haven’t actually read the Constitution.
“No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.”
It really is quite clear “or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of
the Adoption of this Constitution,”
“Unlike the first nine presidents, until the tenth, John Tyler, 66 years after 1776,”
You’re obviously not familiar with the ‘grandfather clause’ in Article II, Section I of the Constitution.
The early presidents couldn’t be NBC because they were born in the country when it was still a British colony.
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
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The part after the first comma exempted themselves.
They knew it would be a while before natural born citizens were possible.