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.
The court had the opportunity to declare Wong a natural born citizen - they did not.