[DiogenesLamp]

I guess I have more faith in Roberts than you do. Lets not also forget Scalia and Thomas - when you reach the point where you contend that three of the top conservative legal minds are ignorant of basic Constitutional principles then perhaps your argument is not as strong as you think.

I'm sure they can expound for hours on the beauty of the Commerce Clause, or how wonderful is the Freedom of Speech, or perhaps write an entire dissertation regarding the 14th amendments application of Federal restraint to the states, etc. because those are areas which are in the mainstream of constitutional study and thinking.

On the other hand, the meaning of "natural born citizen" is a tiny little backwater, little visited in case law or history, and survives more as a curiosity than as a focus of constitutional study. Without specific and rigorous study of this aspect of Constitutional law, a person will not grasp it's original purpose or meaning.

Only an IDIOT would not know this. Back to you.

[Harlan1196]

So I am an idiot for not thinking that three of the top conservative legal minds are ignorant of the Constitution?

Do you ever listen to yourself? Do you appreciate just how silly you sound? It's OK to admit that perhaps you were wrong - self honesty is a conservative value.