“NBC definition has nothing to do with the case.”
I agree with Leo Donofrio’s analysis that the NBC definition in Minor was a holding and was relied on explicitly by the Court to establish what category of citizen Mrs Minor fell into. The Minor Court “reached” and “held” that the category of citizenship that applied to Mrs. Minor was NBC.
They did not “reach” or “hold” whether or not the children of aliens or foreigner were citizens but with their definition of NBC IMO they DID “reach” and “hold” that the (legal) children of aliens and foreigners were excluded from being NBC.
See Leo Donofrio here:
http://naturalborncitizen.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/minor-v-happersett-revisited-2/
I want you to show me where the court reached and held that Minor was an NBC. Show me where it says her parents were American Citizens.
Show me where it states that her citizenship was in dispute?
Because it wasn’t.
Facts not in dispute.
The question was whether the 14th Amendment provided suffrage to a female citzen.
Not whether the female was a citizen. Everyone agreed she was a citizen.
AGAIN, a fact not in dispute.
btw, I noticed that Leo relies heavily on what the court would have said if they meant such and such.
That is just ludicrous. That is his opinion. Courts often don’t say what you think they should say when they mean something - even the Supreme Court.