And so it is, but the deliberate omission of the term from the next piece of legislation and all subsequent ever since, demonstrates they thought that inclusion was a mistake.
If they thought the term was infinitely malleable we would not now be having this conversation.
No it doesn’t. It is just as likely that subsequent Congresses thought the term “natural born” citizen was the mistake.
What we have in 1790 is “original intent?” Conservatives in the judiciary tend to be fond of the concept.
“Infinitely malleable” is hyperbole.