[DiogenesLamp]

Who knows, since there is no recorded legislatve history to that effect. All I know is that since the adoption of the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment in 1868 whoever qualifies as a Citizen of the United States At Birth under the 14th Amendment also qualifies as a Natural Born Citizen under Article II. Those two concepts have merged into one. Whether that was the Founder’s intent or not remains a mystery.

Are you suggesting that it is a mystery whether the founders intended "natural born citizen" to be defined by a law written 81 years in the future? I'm kinda thinking they didn't see that coming.

[Nero Germanicus]

The Founding Fathers were prescient enough to know that future generations would alter their thinking on many subjects. That’s why they punted on abolishing slavery in 1788.

[RobbyS]

And a law which had nothing to do with the meaning of Natural-born citizen.