Commentary: What It Means To Be A Citizen

Abstract

It was one of the great shocks of my life, and it came early. In fifth-grade government class. Though I can\u27t remember much else that we learned then, a detail in Article 1, Section 2, of the Constitution reached out and grabbed me like the hound of the Baskervilles: No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President. [excerpt