None of our first nine presidents were born in the United States of parents who were US citizens. So I wonder if your argument can be sustained on historic grounds. Why weren’t they all disqualified?
Scalia indicated you needed Jus Soli to run for President. So when you post on threads about Scalia..remember that fact.
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
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The part after the first comma.
It exempted them because they knew it would be a while until there were natural born citizens.
Because they were specifically exempted from the requirement. Article II specifically exempts anyone born before 1776.
This has been covered so many times in the last 8 years that I am surprised that there are still people who do not know this.
The very first "natural born citizen" President was Martin Van Burin. He was born in 1782. No one born prior to 1776 could be a "natural citizen" because the country hadn't been created yet.
Because they were specifically “grandfathered” as a group. Kind of hard to be born in a country that did not exist.