“We start,” Justice Douglas wrote for the Court, “from the premise that the rights of citizenship of the native–born and of the naturalized person are of the same dignity and are coextensive. The only difference drawn by the Constitution is that only the ‘natural born’ citizen is eligible to be President.”
There is a difference between a native born and a natural born.
A native born can have one US citizen parent. A natural born must have both parents US citizens.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/anncon/html/art1frag64_user.html
There is a difference between a native born and a natural born.
Justice Douglas's quote has nothing to do with a distinction between "native born" and "natural born." It is discussing the distinction between "native born" and "naturalized" (i.e., one who is not born a citizen, but becomes one later).
That’s only true if born abroad. If born in the US it does not matter.
Completely incorrect.
A natural born citizen is a citizen at birth. A native born citizen is a subset of natural born citizens born in the US. A naturalized US citizen is someone who was not a US citizen at birth but became one at a later date.
The laws have changed over time, but currently you only have to have one parent be a US Citizen, and that parent must have lived in the US as an adult for a certain number of years.
My son was born in Canada to my wife who is not a US citizen. My son is still a natural born US citizen. When we finally get the custody issues resolved with my stepdaughter so she and my wife can move across the border, my wife and stepdaughter will become naturalized US citizens.