I know that this is going to disappoint all who read this comment, but the Constitution provides that Congress shall determine the definition of citizenship”
But the Constitution does NOT give Congress the power to change the Constitution.
Natural born citizenship is a requirement to be president specified in the Constitution. Locked in. Has been brought before the Supreme Court numerous times. That was NEVER its ruling.
I’m really not trying to pick a fight here, but please re-read my post. I stated that the Constitution gives Congress the authority to DEFINE citizenship as well as immigration requirements. Congress was not acting outside its authority when the original terms were defined in the 1790’s. An act which, by the way, Madison revoked 20 years later. Subsequently and for many reasons prior to the enactment of the 14th Amendment, Congress tinkered with the definition until after the Civil when Congress past a more ‘modern’ definition around 1870. This definition included the age requirement for a mother to pass on citizenship to her offspring. Other modifications have been passed at various times to bring us to our current understand of ‘natural born’ versus ‘naturalized’ citizens. And to the best of my knowledge, the Supreme Court has never ruled on this subject. This has been recently confirmed by the late Justice Scalia in his comments regarding the validity Obama’s ability to have his US citizenship transferred to him from his underage mother. If you know different, please educate me.