Well then... there you have it. BTW, thanks for taking the time to look that up.
LLS
Wow. You are certainly not a birther true believer.
It is very, very refreshing to run into someone for whom the facts and the opinions of our early legal experts actually matter.
Thank you.
Bayard’s claim that “It is not necessary that a man should be born in this country, to be ‘a natural born citizen.’ It is only requisite that he should be a citizen by birth, and that is the case with all the children of citizens who have ever resided in this country, though born in a foreign country.” is contrary to law.
In 1790 Congress passed a naturalization act declaring the “children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond Sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born Citizens”
In 1795 Congress passed a naturalization act declaring the “children of citizens born out of the limits and jurisidiction of the United States, shall be considered as citizens of the United States”
When Bayard made his claim, children born to US citizen parents in a foreign country where “citizens”. Between 1790 and 1795 children born to US citizen parents in a foreign country where “natural born citizens”.
The only time Bayard’s claim would be true is between 1790 and 1795 and only due to a Naturalization Act. Absent that act the foreign born children of US citizens where not citizens.