Thank you so much! This is exactly what I wanted. You are the first person in this discussion who has actually cited the pertinent law.
That said, Pres. Obama, under worst case assumption of being born in Kenya, seems he still is a natural US citizen under section 4.
However, section 4 and section 7 seem to apply to the same case—a person born outside the US, child of one US national. So 4 and 7 confuse me, because they seem to apply different tests to the same condition.
Obviously, I’m not a lawyer—but as people have said, this is issue has been studied carefully here on FR and there are lawyers on FR.
Thanks again for your help. Once I have this nailed down, I’ll write to James Taranto about his column.
The problem is that the law has changed slightly since his birth. The law that was in effect when he was purported to have been born is The Immigration Act of 1952. The current law is based on that, but not exactly the same. That is why I gave you the link to the greencardlawyers.com site. It lists the options by applicable date. The left is continually trying to confuse the issue, and finding the exact wording of the The Immigration Act of 1952 is not simple. But this is an important matter to understand.