They were elected?
McCain I can almost see, but even then, I don’t think Congress gets to redefine original-intent definitions of the framers of the Constitution. Romney would have needed a CRBA, but probably was not a NBC.
Everyone knew what it meant, right up until the cultural revolution of the 60s when the Communists took over. Today’s naturalization training material still defines NBC as “born domestically to American citizens”.
No, of course not. If you read my post even halfway carefully, you would see that I said “Presidential candidates,” not “Presidents.”
Both candidates were considered to be eligible. Romney’s candidacy didn’t go the full run, but there were no serious challenges and there were authoritative articles that mollified the few challengers.
On 5/2/08, the Senate passed a nonbinding resolution, finding McCain to be eligible. Neither Hellary nor Skippy challenged him.