hypocritexposer
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I couldn't find this the other day, when you asked the question. Hope this helps. The Chart is a great tool for "testing" which classification of citizen anyone falls.
"Natural born citizenship" is defined in the 250 year old scholarly book, "Law of Nations", written in 1758, decades before our Constitution and was used as a scholarly reference by our U.S. Constitution's framers.
Some excerpts, "... natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens. ... I say, that, in order to be of the country, it is necessary that a person be born of a father who is a citizen; for, if he is born there of a foreigner, it will be only the place of his birth, and not his country".
That legal reference book (Law of Nations) was used by John Jay, a legal scholar, and a key adviser to the framers of the U.S. Constitution. John Jay is the person who wrote to General George Washington, leader of the Constitutional Convention, and asked him to add the requirement to be a "natural born citizen" to the requirements to serve as President and Commander-in-Chief of our military in the interests of national security to minimize to the greatest extent any possibility of divided loyalties and allegiances
See more here:
http://www.countryfirst.bravehost.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1169
Also see this chart which shows who is and who is not a "natural born citizen" depending on whom your parents are and where you are born.
http://www.countryfirst.bravehost.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=105&t=1467
An easily printable and down-loadable copy of this chart explaining the various types of citizenship mentioned in our Constitution is available at SCRIBD.com:
www.scribd.com/doc/11737124/