“Congress did not pass a measure regarding McCain. They passed a resolution which had no legally binding power.”
And why did they do that? Your statement does not obviate the rest of what I stated.
They did so to tell the American electorate what their opinion was with respect to the lawsuits challenging McCain's eligibility and possibly as a signal to the courts who might have to entertain such lawsuits.
Your statement does not obviate the rest of what I stated.
You initial assertion is false, which in and of itself obviates the rest of what you said.
I learned that a person born outside the US to citizen parent(s) was only a natural born citizen, if his parents were diplomat status.From the State Department's Foreign Affairs manual:
7 FAM 1131.2 Prerequisites for Transmitting U.S. Citizenship
(TL:CON-68; 04-01-1998)
Since 1790, there have been two prerequisites for transmitting U.S. citizenship to children born abroad:
(1) At least one natural parent must have been a U.S. citizen when the child was born. The only exception is for a posthumous child.
(2) The U.S. citizen parent(s) must have resided or been physically present in the United States for the time required by the law in effect when the child was born.