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The Supreme Court has NEVER ruled on natural born citizenship as you seem to imply.

Never.

Go ahead and disprove the above statement.....

:-)

Another quote for you to disprove:

"Not one significant authority in the entirety of United States history, conservative, liberal or otherwise, has EVER interpreted the Constitution the way that birthers do. Not one single significant legal or historical authority has EVER given "natural born citizen" the meaning they give it. Not one single bona-fine published textbook in American history has EVER said that it takes birth on US soil plus citizen parents to be a natural born citizen. There's no real legal or historical argument here at all. Not among the people who deal professionally with either history or law. The ONLY people making this claim are a bunch of people on the internet who have little understanding of either history or law, but insist that they do."

"The Supreme Court has NEVER ruled on natural born citizenship as you seem to imply. Never. Go ahead and disprove the above statement....."

How did I imply that? At the very top of the post it states:

Supreme Court cases that cite “natural born Citizen” as one born on U.S. soil to citizen parents:

cit·ed cit·ing Definition of CITE

1 : to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court)

2 : to quote by way of example, authority, or proof

3 a : to refer to; especially : to mention formally in commendation or praise

b : to name in a citation

4 : to bring forward or call to another's attention especially as an example, proof, or precedent

Another quote for you to disprove:

"Not one significant authority in the entirety of United States history, conservative, liberal or otherwise, has EVER interpreted the Constitution the way that birthers do. Not one single significant legal or historical authority has EVER given "natural born citizen" the meaning they give it. Not one single bona-fine published textbook in American history has EVER said that it takes birth on US soil plus citizen parents to be a natural born citizen. There's no real legal or historical argument here at all. Not among the people who deal professionally with either history or law. The ONLY people making this claim are a bunch of people on the internet who have little understanding of either history or law, but insist that they do."

That's easy. That idiot Jeff wrote it, so it's wrong on the face of it.

""Not one significant authority in the entirety of United States history, conservative, liberal or otherwise, has EVER interpreted the Constitution the way that birthers do. Not one single significant legal or historical authority has EVER given "natural born citizen" the meaning they give it. Not one single bona-fine published textbook in American history has EVER said that it takes birth on US soil plus citizen parents to be a natural born citizen. There's no real legal or historical argument here at all. Not among the people who deal professionally with either history or law. The ONLY people making this claim are a bunch of people on the internet who have little understanding of either history or law, but insist that they do." "

You really don't believe this, do you?

Know who Representative Bingham (of Ohio) was and what he said on this issue? Do you think Rep Bingham was insignificant?