[mlo]

"You seem determined to discount the known chapters of our history and the basis for why they even dealt with the issue (though the exact word ‘allegiance’ is not written in the clause.)"

I'm not discounting them. I'm refusing to apply them to something where it doesn't belong. Just because that history exists doesn't mean that the words "natural born citizen" mean any more than what they appear to mean, someone that is born a citizen.

[RegulatorCountry]

Just because that history exists doesn't mean that the words "natural born citizen" mean any more than what they appear to mean, someone that is born a citizen.

"Natural born citizen?"

There's something missing in your definition, mlo. It's clearly intended to have a more restrictive meaning than your favored interpretation.