[AmericanVictory]

Under your analysis, the intent of the Framers in using the phrase "natural born citizen" in Article II does not matter. Do you believe that?

Do you know of any case decided by the SCOTUS on any language of the Constitution that takes the position that the intent of the Framers in using the phrase and placing it in the Constitution does not matter?

[DB]

It does matter. It excluded naturalized citizens from that office and only that office.

[kjam22]

Do you believe the framers knew the difference between Natural Born and Native Born? Or are you arguing that they mean the same thing????

[John Valentine]

Under your analysis, the intent of the Framers in using the phrase "natural born citizen" in Article II does not matter. Do you believe that?

Of course it matters. That's not the question. The question needs to be understood as, what did they mean?. My contention is that they meant no more and no less that citizenship by birth. Otherwise they would have needed to define the distinction, and they did not.