There is nothing natural about statutorily created U.S. citizenship, either at birth or after birth. As Michael Ramsey points out in his essay, “The Original Meaning of ‘Natural Born’: “In general in eighteenth-century legal language, natural meant the opposite of ‘provided by statute’ (hence, ‘natural law,’ ‘natural rights,’ natural born’).
Moreover, by the rule of statutory construction: ‘Citizens of the United States from birth’ (CaB) is not synonymous with Art. II, I, Cl. 5 natural born citizens (nbC).
Usually, a general clause (i.e., Citizens of the United States at birth — 14th Amendment) can not govern a specific clause (i.e., No Person except a natural born Citizen — Art. II, I, Cl. 5) unless Congress has stated explicitly via its constitutional authority that “all citizens at birth are natural born citizens” — which, in, and of itself, would be unconstitutional, as positive law cannot create natural law — the court MUST give each clause a separate legal effect. Simply put: “While all natural born citizens are Citizens of the United States at birth, statutory Citizens of the United States at birth are not natural Citizens of the United States by birth. As such, neither Tulsi Gabbard, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, nor Elon Musk (just in case) is eligible to hold the office of the presidency or the vice presidency of the United States.
Thanks for your excellent and detailed addition, one I fully concur with. Time was pressing earlier , so I did not go into details, but I appreciate that you did.
Are you sure about Vivek? I tried, but could not find out if his parents were Nauta listed citizens at the time of his birth.
Correct. It’s basic logic and set and subset analysis. Trees are plants but not all plants are trees. Natural Born Citizens (NBCs) are Citizens at Birth (CAB) but not all Citizens at Birth (CAB) are a Natural Born Citizen (NBC). Euler Diagrams are used to prove the truth or fallacy of an argument. See this Euler Diagram to visually see the truth about who is a “natural born Citizen” of the United States: http://www.kerchner.com/naturalborncitizen/cfk/Euler-Logic-Diagram-Shows-Logical-Relationship-of-natural-born-Citizen-Set-and-SuperSets.pdf Also, natural born Citizens are the largest kind of citizens by far in our nation by far. It is from them that our constitution says we must choose our President and Commander in Chief of our military: https://www.thepostemail.com/2023/03/18/natural-born-citizens-are-the-3-leaf-clover-kind-of-citizens-not-the-4-leaf-clover-kind/ See more articles about this at: https://www.scribd.com/lists/3301209/Papers-Discussing-Natural-Born-Citizen-Meaning-to-Constitutional-Standards