[Conscience of a Conservative]

“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.

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).

[bushpilot1]

Ok...please explain the difference between a native born and a natural born citizen.