[Cboldt]

Very nice extension. I was trying to keep the analysis simple, and reject the premise that the constitution doesn't define NBC. In order for the citizen-at-birth=NBC argument to start, step one is to claim NBC isn't defined in the constitution. That means it's defined someplace else, and the proponent can point to extraneous material as "the authority."

The proponents of Cruz is NBC rely on framing the argument. NBC isn't defined in the constitution is one of the tools. Another is to work in a dichotomy of "either naturalized (by a naturalization process) or natural born, there is no other category named in the constitution."

[Political Junkie Too]

Another is to work in a dichotomy of "either naturalized (by a naturalization process) or natural born, there is no other category named in the constitution."

My post 115 addresses the dichotomy by separating NBC as a tighter qualifier and not a separate category of citizen. A little restructuring of the grammar makes this clear.

Check it out.

-PJ