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wideawake said: "His mother is a citizen. That's how it works. "

So our Founders would have welcomed with open arms the son of the King of England as President as long as the mother was a U.S. citizen?

What value is there in having one citizen parent rather than none? What would be the point?

If the reason for the NBC requirement is to eliminate a chief cause of questionable loyalty, how is that accomplished if one parent is a citizen of a foreign country?

What value is there in having one citizen parent rather than none? What would be the point?

If the reason for the NBC requirement is to eliminate a chief cause of questionable loyalty, how is that accomplished if one parent is a citizen of a foreign country?

What you think it should be or what you think is logically the definition does not equate to existing settled US Law, Supreme Court rulings, or relevant parts of the US Constitution.

So our Founders would have welcomed with open arms the son of the King of England as President as long as the mother was a U.S. citizen?

If the King of Great Britain had a child by an American woman, he would have been - by definition - a bastard with no claim to the throne, so yes.

Youj probably would find no greater enemy of the British monarchy.

What value is there in having one citizen parent rather than none?

The value of having one citizen parent is that it makes one a natural born citizen. Having no citizen parent makes one's citizenship a matter of geography, and likely requires a full naturalization process.

If the reason for the NBC requirement is to eliminate a chief cause of questionable loyalty, how is that accomplished if one parent is a citizen of a foreign country?

The Federalist seems less concerned with the question of loyalty due to foreign parentage and more concerned about having a standard by which any Congressman, Senator, or President on the national level would be eligible for similar offices at the state level.