United States Secretary of State Thomas F Bayard.
Having drafted military regulations, a good writer will cover all terms that might be used. That does not suggest each term has a separate meaning. For example, the US Supreme Court has written: “Under our Constitution, a naturalized citizen stands on an equal footing with the native citizen in all respects, save that of eligibility to the Presidency.” Notice they use “native” when NBC is more accurate - but the US Supreme Court tends to use the terms interchangeably.
Also:
“”It is not disputed that if petitioner is the son of Kwock Tuck Lee [Chinese] and his wife, Tom Ying Shee [also Chinese], he was born to them when they were permanently domiciled in the United States, is a citizen thereof, and is entitled to admission to the country. United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649. But, while it is conceded that he is certainly the same person who, upon full investigation, was found, in March, 1915, by the then Commissioner of Immigration, to be a natural born American citizen, the claim is that that Commissioner was deceived, and that petitioner is really Lew Suey Chong...” A “a natural born American citizen” born to 2 Chinese parents!
And “”Young Steinkauler is a native-born American citizen. There is no law of the United States under which his father or any other person can deprive him of his birthright. He can return to America at the age of twenty-one, and in due time, if the people elect, he can become President of the United States; .... “
And IF the Constitution HAD followed Vattel, it would have used “native” to describe someone born to 2 citizen parents, not NBC.
Again, Native born Citizen and Natural born Citizen are not the same thing. They are two different subsets of Citizen.
United States Secretary of State Thomas F Bayard.