[mmichaels1970]

Of course, we're used to talking about Article 14 in terms of anchor babies not being citizens (because their parents are subject to the authority of their home country). But it's possible to interpret Article 1's "natural born citizen" text in the same light (qualifications of birth citizenship for president isn't based on where you were born, but if your parents were citizens when you were born).

Thanks for the counterpoint. Rational stuff for me to chew on. Refreshing.

[Tell It Right]

Thanks for the compliment on my using Article 14 to interpret Article 1. I'll use that approach in the absence of hard information on how to interpret "natural born citizen" in Article 1.

However, if we have Federalist papers or other writings from Hamilton or Jay or Jefferson about how "natural born citizen" should be interpreted, then I'll take that over my Article 14 approach.