Marie in your case didn’t run for President. The standards for being President of the United States are higher than the standards for being a private citizen. I don’t understand how you could compare the two cases.
Marie didn’t run for President, but the Court refers to her as a natural born citizen. It also approvingly cites a determination that a native born citizen would be eligible to run for President.
Again, I think birthers have ONE reasonable interpretation of what NBC means, but I don’t think they have the ONLY valid interpretation. I find it unlikely that the US Supreme Court will overturn previous cases and insist on removing Barry from office based on his father being a foreign citizen.
I would be satisfied if birthers would concede that they disagree with some of us on FreeRepublic, but the disagreement is not so clear cut as to call other Freepers trolls, Obamabots, paid employees of Obama, traitors, etc.
It ought to be possible to disagree without hatred.
Bingo!
Both Citizen (regular) and Natural Born Citizen are mentioned. The only regular citizens who are qualified to run for president were those who were citizens at the time the Constitution was adopted. Natural Born Citizen does not equal regular citizen.
0bama may be a regular citizen, born in this country, even as naturalized citizens and anchor babies have been deemed regular citizens. But none of those meets the standard set by the founders in the Constitution of natural born citizen. None of those are qualified to be president. That will be 0bama's downfall.
Ms. Elg, was a natural born citizen, born in the US of parents who were, at the time, citizens. Same with Steinkauler. (Even though the quote from the case does not mention his mother's citizenship, at the time the wife took the citizenship of the husband upon marriage).
The cases are not parallel or comparable.