“If he was born in the country, it makes no difference that his father wasn’t a citizen.”
Nope. Wrong Completely wrong.. Look it up.
Why don’t you look it up, and post the relevant law you think applies.
I say that because we have already had a post here about the Supreme Court case which indicated that there was no law governing the term “natural born”.
“Natural Born” refers to where a person is born. You are a natural born citizen if you are a citizen of a coutry at birth, and were born IN that country.
I don’t know what you think the definition of “natural born” is. Citizenship could be conferred or denied based on the status of parents; natural-born is about where you were born.
Of course, except for when you are talking about running for President, nobody really cares about the term “natural born”.
This whole conversation makes me wonder whether an adopted child could ever be President.
Of course, by your definition, if a child was born to a single mother, and the mother never indicated who the father was, they could never be considered “natural born” even if the family had come over on the Mayflower or the mother was a descendant of George Washington.