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You had a connection to the land, the focus was really on whether you were born on american soil. and the fact that they had all of the laws passed over the years to say that some people, by grace of congress, don't have to get naturalized has nothing to do with the meaning of natural born citizen. the idea that the constitution waxes and wanes and the meaning of this clause depends on what the latest congress has said about immigration and naturalization is completely at odds with the firm position that the framers took about this. >> professor laurence tribe, thank you very much. really appr...

They weren't so interested in who your parents were. they were interested in whether you had a connection to the land, the focus was really on whether you were born on american soil. and the fact that they had all of the laws passed over the years to say that some people, by grace of congress, don't have to get naturalized has nothing to do with the meaning of natural born citizen. the idea that the constitution waxes and wanes and the meaning of this clause depends on what the latest congress has said about immigration and naturalization is completely at odds with the firm position that the f...