I prefer the definition by Emer De Vattel the legal treatise in the hands and use by the founders and framers “Principles of Natural Law”. It was used and read by Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Jay and many others: “ ... natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens ...”
See; https://lonang.com/library/reference/vattel-law-of-nations/vatt-119/
Also this statement by one of the major contributors to the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and subsequent contribution to the 14th Amendment:
“John A. Bingham commenting on Section 1992 said it means “every human being born within the jurisdiction of the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is, in the language of your Constitution itself, a natural born citizen.” (Cong. Globe, 39th, 1st Sess., 1291 (1866))”
Also the holding statement in Minor v Happersett (1874/1875):
The Constitution does not, in words, say who shall be natural-born citizens. Resort must be had elsewhere to ascertain that. At common-law, with the nomenclature of which the framers of the Constitution were familiar, it was never doubted that all children born in a country of parents who were its citizens became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also. These were natives, or natural-born citizens, as distinguished from aliens or foreigners. Some authorities go further and include as citizens children born within the jurisdiction without reference to the citizenship of their parents. As to this class there have been doubts, but never as to the first. For the purposes of this case it is not necessary to solve these doubts.
The 1898 WKA decision did not overturn this statement in the holding of Minor v Happersett. It only settled the doubt as to who was a 14th Amendment Citizen at Birth, not who was a “natural born” Citizen at Birth. WKA did not touch on changing the founders intent and meaning of the presidential eligibility clause in Article II Section 1 Clause 5.
CDR Kerchner (Ret) — http://www.ProtectOurLiberty.org
Kamala Harris is not a “natural born Citizen” of the United States. She was born with dual-Citizen and divided allegiance at birth. Born with foreign influence, foreign citizenship, and allegiance to a foreign nation. Exactly what John Jay wrote to George Washington in July 1787 to not allow that such a person born with foreign influence on them, once the founding generation was gone (since they had a grandfather clause in Article II for the original citizens), be ever allowed to get command of our military. Thus they put the “natural born Citizen” clause in the presidential eligibility clause as a “strong” check against a future person who had foreign influence on them at birth from being eligible to become President and Commander in Chief. Obama is a classic example of why when you look what he did to our military power under his usurpation of office, since he was not a “natural born Citizen” and was born with foreign influence and allegiance and was fulfilling the Dreams from His Father to disparage and weaken the United States, especially our military power, which Obama did. And then later via the 12th Amendment (last line) that applied to the office of VP too. Kamala Harris is constitutionally NOT eligible to serve as VP: http://www.kerchner.com/protectourliberty/Kamala-Harris-Not-a-Natural-Born-Citizen-of-USA.pdf