The holding of the United State Supreme Court in United States v. Wong Kim Ark
The evident intention, and the necessary effect, of the submission of this case to the decision of the court upon the facts agreed by the parties were to present for determination the single question stated at the beginning of this opinion, namely, whether a child born in the United States, of parent of Chinese descent, who, at the time of his birth, are subjects of the Emperor of China, but have a permanent domicil and residence in the United States, and are there carrying on business, and are not employed in any diplomatic or official capacity under the Emperor of China, becomes at the time of his birth a citizen of the United States. For the reasons above stated, this court is of opinion that the question must be answered in the affirmative.
I know what they said at the end of the case. The question they were asked was, “Is Wong Kim Ark a citizen?” So at the end, they pronounced, “Yes, he’s a citizen.”
I also know that that conclusion was based on the dozens of pages of core reasoning that went before that final proclamation.
And that core reasoning is binding precedent. And the binding precedent is all to do not just with “citizenship,” but whether such a person is a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN.
Don’t you ever wonder why the Supreme Court would fail to take up such an important case?
The standard birther answer is, “They must have been paid off,” or “They must be intimidated.”
I guarantee you there are several Supreme Court Justices on that bench that flat-out hate this President. I don’t think they would hesitate for a minute to find him ineligible, if he really was.
But they don’t take up the case because THE SUPREME COURT ALREADY DECIDED THE QUESTION BACK IN 1898.