Election to the presidency, the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Senate, and the U.S. Supreme Court is reserved for Americans born in America to two American citizens who were also born in America.
This Is Based In Natural Law
It’s time to get back to authentic republicanism and democracy. This law is consistent with the literature of classical republicanism and classical democracy, as expressed by both Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas. They observed that only 3rd generation citizens of a true democracy or republic are able to fully identify with and be considered members of the demos/people/publius. Because republics are representational, representatives must have a stronger civil connection and intrinsic loyalty than is required for general naturalization (this indeed relates to how George Washington, like many of the founders, was a third generation American). This requirement goes back to natural law. Countries that do not care for this natural law (or exclusively rely on unelected bureaucracies to determine nationality) are empires that invariably fragment and implode; at least partly because the sense of nationality is sufficiently inorganic and contrived. Such imperial models are not consistent with authentic republics or democracies, and the notion that naturalization (by a bureaucratic process of unelected representatives) alone creates nationality is not a democratic or republican principle; it’s an imperial one.
This law would not go as far as 3 generations (as recommended by Aristotle), but it would at least ensure that the “anchor baby” phenomenon (as it is colloquially known) is duly recognized as incompatible with authentic republicanism and representational democracy at the level of higher office.
America Is A Nation
America is no longer a country of individuals that spontaneously arrive; nor was it so as early as 1776: it’s now the oldest republic on earth, who’s institutions, mores, customs, legal adherence, and values are multi-generational endeavors. The higher office of this land is a privilege, not a right, and it is undeniably the culmination of such multi-generational endeavor. This office must be re-reconciled with the principles of authentic democracy and republicanism, and made consistent with natural law again.