[El Gato]

“Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That all white persons born within the territory of the Commonwealth, and all who have resided therein two years next before the passing of this act; and all who shall hereafter migrate into the same, other than alien enemies, and shall, before any Court of Record, give satisfactory proof, by their oath or affirmation, that they intend to reside therein; and moreover, shall give assurance of fidelity to the Commonwealth; and all infants, whenever born, whose father, if living, or otherwise, whose mother was a citizen at the time of their birth, or who migrate hither, their father, if living, or otherwise, their mother becoming a citizen, or who migrate hither without father or mother, shall be deemed citizens of this Commonwealth until they relinquish that character, in manner as hereinafter expressed (expatriation); and all others not being citizens of any of the United States of America, shall be deemed aliens.”

Nothing in there about "natural born". But notice it does require the father to be a citizen, or the mother if the father is deceased, for infants "wherever born" to be citizens at birth. He also has the immigrant children of "naturalized" parents becoming naturalized as well.

Obama would fail Jefferson's criteria for "citizen", but that criteria is no longer applicable because of the 14th amendment, which does not mention "natural born either, if Obama was born in the US. If he wasn't then he failed the 1961 test for "citizen at birth".

[bushpilot1]

I will send some congressmen comments on the 14th amendment that wrote it.

[faucetman]

The 14th amendment doesn’t mention natural born citizen because it has NOTHING to do with NATURAL BORN CITIZEN. VERY BASIC, article II, section 1, clause 5, is where NBC is codified. There and there only because that is all it applies to. It is a UNIQUE status as citizen ONLY required if you want to be president. It gives you no more citizenship than any other citizen UNLESS you want to be president, and then it is IMPARITIVE. What can’t you people get about UNIQUE, SPECIAL, ONLY APPLIES TO PRESIDENT, NOT THE SAME as “citizen at birth”, “native born citizen”, “naturalized citizen”, “citizen”, IT STANDS ALONE as a REQUIREMENT for president. It has it’s own clause in the constitution for gods sake. Obama’s father was a foreign national when Obama was born so Obama CAN NOT BE a natural born citizen. PERIOD, no matter where he was born