Actually, that probably makes sense, since at the time of the writing of the Constitution, it took a long time, a lot of money, a lot of determination and risking one's life on the seas to journey from continent-to continent.
Things have changed.
Things have changed...
Agreed. That's why NBC should be firmed up a bit. Perhaps a NBC is a person born on US soil that has NOT left American soil more than 2 weeks in any one year of their life.
Yes, it would discriminate against anybody that works abroad; but so what? We have lots of other people to draw from. It would allow for even a frequent vacationer to Aruba or London or whatever.