Schwarzenegger 2020: Equal Opportunity to Govern

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by DanHoward

The Constitution specifically gives Congress the right to legislate the definition of "natural-born citizen".

The constitution explicitly gives congress the power of defining a uniform rule of naturalization. It is generally accepted that this includes the right to define conditions (in excess of those specified by the 14th amendment) that allow someone to have birthright citizenship. That does not mean Congress has explicit authority to define natural-born citizen, except to the extent it interacts with the power to define naturalization.