Congress has no authority to make an exception to a Constutional requirement. The 1790 act was drafted by the founders, and they of all people knew they had no authority to unilaterally grant an exception to the NBC clause. What the founders did in 1790 was to further define the archaic language to reflect their understanding of the meaning of the term at the time the constitution was drafted BY THEM.
George Washington knew that congress had no authority to grant an exception to the Constitution and he signed the act. The 1790 act CLARIFED the founders intent in drafting that clause.
To insist that the First Congress intended to grant an exception to the Constitution is to claim that one of the First acts of the founders was to violate the Constitution and that George Washington gleefully went along with that illegal act.
Who should I trust on this issue? You or George Washington?
Tell me Uncle Chip, is this a deal breaker for you, or are you willing to give Ted Cruz the benefit of your doubt in an attempt to save the Republic?
How about trusting Justice Waite in Minor vs Happersett???
BTW aren't you getting a little ahead of yourself??? Unless I am mistaken Ted Cruz has not declared his candidacy, and yet there are still patriots who are still fighting the battle over O's eligibility -- like Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Are you going to abandon them now in the midst of the battlefield and silence those who support them???
Alexander Hamilton told us to look to the language of the English law to define the terms in the Constitution (1795 legal brief). In 1787, English law defined natural born as anyone born in the country and anyone born outside the country to English subjects.