| I do not get your point at all. Your quotation from the Constitution never mentions dual citizenship once. The term "dual citizen" did not appear until sometime in the 1800s. Regardless, naturalized or not, it doesn't matter because ... ALL OF THE FOUNDERS WERE BRITISH until 1776 and became dual citizens of the US and the UK on July 4 of that year (and other countries in some cases, like France). They had to write themselves a loophole when they wrote the Constitution in 1787. Look at it again: Article II, Section 1, Clause 5:
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.Again: "No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution". Compare this to Article II, Section 3, Clause 3 for the office of Senator:
"No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen."The Presidency is the ONLY office that has this "natural born Citizen" requirement. There's history and sound rationale behind this (Sources: "Witnesses at the creation : Hamilton, Madison, Jay, and the Constitution" published 1985, "The Constitutional Convention as a Four Act Drama", and other historical references). In the summer of 1787, some of the Founders considered the same "natural born Citizen" requirement for Senators. Eventually, the Founders eliminated the NBC requirement for Senators as they wanted to ensure they had an adequate pool of candidates, and wanted to gain favor with immigrants still coming to the US. Legislative power was to be, in part, spread out amongst 26 elected Senators ("Lords") at the time ... an acceptable "risk" for a republic once under the tyrannical grip of King George III. This was one of the many compromises among the Founders, including negotiations with those who wanted the "natural born Citizen" requirement for Senators, and those who wanted THREE Presidents in the Executive position — to spread the reigns of power to more than just ONE person. The Founders were mortified at the prospect of having ONE person in the future leading the Executive branch who could be beholden to another country or King. Their fears of the Crown would be recognized decades later in the War of 1812. The Founders were VERY concerned that at some point in the future, the Crown would try to slip in a puppet president loyal to the King, to regain control of "his" former Colonies. So, the insertion of John Jay's "natural born Citizen" requirement was an extra safeguard to ensure the ONE person sitting in the Executive chair had loyalties to the US — and ONLY the US.
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