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Here in the Hill Country the SCOTUS ruled against a BS traffic stop, O’Connor writing it would be good law, but the hassle of reversing other tickets across the country would be dangerous to ‘society’ and previous ticketing policy.

http://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/04/24/scotus.arrest.03/index.html

Article II, Section 1 of the US Constitution states

“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; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.”

Therefore this leads us to wonder if Obama qualifies as a natural born citizen. According to the 14th Amendment “All persons born or naturalized in the US...are citizens of the US.” Therefore if Obama was born in the USA then this whole lawsuit has no standing and there is nothing to prevent him from holding office.

However if Obama was born overseas there may be some legal standing to this case. Case and being the Naturalization Act of 1790 states that “...the children of citizens of the US that may be born beyond the sea, or out of limits of the US, shall be considered as natural born citizens.” This was signed into law by George Washington and this is where the lawsuit may have legal standing.

So if Obama was born outside the US (ie Kenya) then we have something. “Children of citizenS (plural - meaning both parents are citizens).” I am fairly certain that Obama’s mother was/is a US citizen at the time of his birth, thereby granting him citizenship statues, however, not necessarily natural-born status if his father was not a citizen at the time of his birth. My understanding of the law (and I could not find a newer version of any law dealing with natural born status) is that for children born overseas both parents MUST be US citizens at the time of birth for the child to qualify as natural born.

Just thought I would share some of my knowledge about citizenship status with you all.

but the hassle of reversing other tickets across the country would be dangerous to ‘society’ and previous ticketing policy.

I remember that case very well. LVPD still has a problem getting "decent" officers. This should have been a ticket or even just a warning, but OH NO. Gotta arrest mom in front of her kids.