It was Mr. Rodgers who said the things in support of WKA what you replied to, not me! I pinged you because I respect your articulation of the NBC issue, while I, unlike you, also value investigation of the birth location and BC authentication issue.
My apologies Seizethecarp. I've only had a few minutes this week to read a bit on FR. I see now what you were explaining, and we agree.
It takes a bit of reflection to realize that while presidential eligibility was not the issue in Minor, the only definition available to Chief Justice Waite from before the 14th Amendment was, conveniently, the definition “about which there was never doubt” of natural born citizens - born on the soil of parents who were citizens.
The waters have been muddied by the Alinsky tactic from his Rule 5 - use ridicule. I always found the Waite explanation clear, though not as concise as Marshall's from Vattel, and owe the analysis to Leo Donofrio. Amazing how clear and rational some constructions seem after they have been explained. Without the connection to Article II Section 1 there would be no constitutional citizen to use in explaining that equal protections did not include suffrage rights that had been granted citizens before 1868. So Article II Section 1 just happened to be defined as precedence in order for there to be a well-defined citizen for Waite's proof. Nevertheless, it established the defintion as precedence where before it was common-law, the source of most every term in the Constitution.
It has been a lesson for life to see so many whose business is claimed to be supporting and explaining conservative principles, either ignorant, or afraid to touch this issue. Each of us must trust our his ability to understand Justice Waite's reasoning. Birth certificates are really not necessary. British law even made Stanley Ann a British subject, assuming Barack is telling the truth, so she too fails the test of sole allegiance mentioned by John Binghim in his address to the House before passage of the 14th Amendment. That fact is not necessary to render Barack ineligible, but does make Barack a natural born subject of the British Commonwealth.
Interesting that Marco Rubio, while he won't directly address the subject, has made it clear that he is not available for a vice presidential nomination. Thus far only Justice Thomas has been clear about the court's evasion, and Nathan Deal had the courage to write to the White House asking for verification of eligibility. It has cost respect for many if not most of the public figures whose livings play upon proposed conservative ideals, Coulter, Levin, Hannity, Demint, ... Donofrio cares little about the opinions of mainstream media, liberal or conservative, and has less to lose. But he stands taller than most as a man of integrity.