[Behind the Blue Wall]

Hey Ted, I hate to break it to you, but Congress does not have the power to change the Constitution.

[Talisker]

Hey Ted, I hate to break it to you, but Congress does not have the power to change the Constitution.

Where does the Constitution say he's not natural born?

Go ahead, genius, break it to us.

[conservativejoy]

No, Congress has the power to fulfill the role the Constitution gives them, which is sole authority to define citizenship under the Citizenship Clause. The same men who wrote the Constitution did just that when they wrote the Naturalization Act of 1790 which defined NBC this way:

The Act also establishes the United States citizenship of certain children of citizens, born abroad, without the need for naturalization: "the children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond Sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born Citizens"

[sagar]

“Congress does not have the power to change the Constitution”

I don’t know which Constitution you are talking about, but Article V of the US Constitution makes it clear. Time to hit the Constitution course, buddy.

[Starstruck]

Hey Ted, I hate to break it to you, but Congress does not have the power to change the Constitution.

The Constitution says NBC but doesn't define it. It would be up to Congress to define it. Right?

[RipSawyer]

“Hey Ted, I hate to break it to you, but Congress does not have the power to change the Constitution.”

You are so right but there seem to be a lot of people including many on FR who cannot grasp that concept. Also born a citizen does not necessarily mean the same as natural born citizen and very few seem to grasp that. I don’t think I have ever seen a question with such an uncertain answer but at the same time such huge numbers of “experts” who think they know the correct answer.