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URBAN DICTIONARY: NATURAL BORN CITIZEN
1. Natural Born Citizen
1. Those born of parents who are citizens.2. A person born of American parents. Thus a person born abroad of Americanparents, according to the Constitution, would be eligible to the office of President.3. One whose citizenship is established by the jurisdiction which the United Statesalready has over the parents of the child, not what is thereafter acquired by choice of residence in this country.4. Those persons born whose father the United States already has an established jurisdiction over, i.e., born to father's who are themselves citizens of the United States.5. One who is a citizen by no act of law.If a person owes their citizenship to some act of law, they cannot be considered anatural-born citizen. This leads us to defining natural-born citizen under the laws of nature.Children naturally follow the condition of their fathers, and succeed to all their rights.The country of the fathers is therefore that of the children.In order to be of the country, it is necessary that a person be born of a father who is acitizen; for, if he is born there of a foreigner, it will be only the place of his birth, andnot his country. Vattel, The Law of Nations: I. XIX. § 212.The Framers were not men who dropped words in by accident. They thought aboutevery word. They argued about every word.By drawing on the term so well known from English law, the Founders wererecognizing the law of hereditary, rather than territorial allegiance. Alexander PorterMorse, "Natural-Born-Citizen of the United States: Eligibility for the Office of President," Albany Law Journal, vol.66 (1904), pp. 99. The framers thought it wise, inview of the probable influx of European immigration, to provide that the Presidentshould at least be the child of citizens owing allegiance to the United States at the timeof his birth. Morse, op. cit, p. 99.
 
The presidential eligibility clause was scarcely intended to bar the children of American parentage, whether born at sea or in foreign territory. The Founders and thefirst Congress, which passed the 1790 Naturalization Act, defined a "natural born"citizen as one whose citizenship is established by the jurisdiction which the UnitedStates already has over the parents of the child, not what is thereafter acquired by choice of residence in this country. Morse, op. cit., p. 99. Whoever drew the Actfollowed closely the various parliamentary statues of Great Britain; and its language inthis relation indicates that the first congress entertained and declared that children of American parentage, wherever born, were within the constitutional designation,"natural-born citizens." The act is declaratory: but the reason that such children arenatural born remains; that is, their American citizenship is natural -- the result of parentage -- and is not artificial or acquired by compliance with legislativerequirements. Morse, op. cit., p. 100.If the Founders had not wanted an expansive definition of citizenship, it would only have been necessary to say, 'no person, except a native-born citizen.' Morse, op. cit., p.99.It should be noted that Morse is reluctant to accept one implication of the dictionary definition of "native-born," namely, that it includes people born in the United Stateseven if their parents are not citizens.
If you are born of American parents, you are a Natural Born Citizen.
 
2. Natural Born Citizen
 Religion has been closely identified with our history and government. SCHOOL DIST.OF ABINGTON TP. V. SCHEMPP, 374 U. S. 203 (1963); VAN ORDEN V. PERRY, 545U.S. 677 (2005). The history of man is inseparable from the history of religion. ENGELV. VITALE, 370 U. S. 421 (1962); SCHOOL DIST. OF ABINGTON TP. V. SCHEMPP,374 U. S. 203 (1963).Our Constitution is a covenant running from the first generation of Americans to usand then to future generations. It is a coherent succession. Each generation must learnanew that the Constitution's written terms embody ideas and aspirations that mustsurvive more ages than one. PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHEASTERN PA. v.CASEY, 505 U.S. 833 (1992).Covenant is a religious concept, originating in the ancient Near Eastern religions.Covenant is also a critical component of Christianity. Indeed, the very salvationoffered through Jesus Christ is called the New Covenant. See, e.g., Luke 22:20. FromChristianity, the idea of covenant was adopted by the American Founding Fathers:'Viewing the United States Constitution as the critical expression of the American
 
constitutional tradition, we move back in time, seeking the less differentiated, moreembryonic expression of what is in that document. Our search takes us to the earlieststate constitution, then to colonial documents of foundation that are essentially constitutional such as the Pilgrim Code of Law, and then to proto-constitutions suchas the Mayflower Compact. The political covenants written by English colonists inAmerica lead us to the church covenants written by radical Protestants in the late1500s and early 1600s, and these in turn lead us back to the Covenant tradition of theOld Testament. The American constitutional tradition derives much of its form andcontent from the Judeo-Christian tradition as interpreted by the radical Protestantsects to which belonged so many of the original European settlers of British NorthAmerica.' Donald S. Lutz, The Origins of American Constitutionalism 6-7 (1982). Onecovenant principle that we see plainly in scripture is that a covenant may not be addedto without mutual consent. We see God Himself revealing this principle in Hiscovenant with Israel: "Do not add to what I command you." Deuteronomy 4:2. Any  judge or justice who makes up out of whole cloth a new fundamental right, orarrogates to himself authority or power not granted by the Constitution, certainly addsto our national covenant, and thus becomes a covenant breaker.In his landmark book, The Origins of American Constitutionalism, political scientistDonald Lutz reminds us that the genesis of a society's political values predates itswritten political documents. Indeed, a society's deepest values are born in its people'smost ancient, primal, and unspoken worldview: 'Essentially a people share symbolsand myths that provide meaning to their existence together and link them to sometranscendent order. They can thus act together and answer the basic politicalquestions: through what procedures do we reach collective decisions? By whatstandards do we judge our actions? What qualities or characteristics do we strive tomaintain among ourselves? What kind of people do we wish to become? Whatqualities or characteristics do we seek or require in those who lead us? Far from beingthe repository of irrationality, these shared symbols and myths are the basis uponwhich collective, rational action is possible. Since these myths and symbols arefrequently expressed in political documents, they tend to structure the form,determine the content, and define the meaning of the words in these documents. . . .By studying the political documents of a people, we can watch the gradual unfolding,elaboration and alteration of the myths and symbols that define them.' Throughdetailed empirical research, Lutz traces the roots of the core American constitutionaltradition back in time to earlier state constitutions, colonial charters, English churchcovenants, and, ultimately, the Old Testament. Viewed in this fashion, the U.S.Constitution is only the latest written expression of Western values that have beendeveloped and modified over thousands of years.The further back one goes in American history, the more saturated with Hebraicreferences and allusions one finds American culture to be. Ironically, it is this Hebraicmilieu rather than one grounded in the Christian New Testament, which most fueled
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Urban Dictionary is a joke... Obot "ConLawGuy" Defines 'Natural Born Ciizen'... What a joke... http://www.urbandictionary.com/define... Don’t waste a minute trying to have a fact-based logical discussion with them. They do NOT care what the facts are and they have no foundation upon which to discern simple right and wrong. Their agenda trumps their understanding and respect for the truth… http://restoretheconstitutionalrepubl...

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