How is following the law stupid?
Because they aren’t arguing the law. They are trying to twist and squeeze the law to fit a goal.
Obama’s mother did not have to be 21 for him to be a natural born citizen. She was a citizen, she was in a U.S. State when he was born, thus he is a natural born U.S. citizen regardless of her age.
The “five years after 16 years of age” is irrelevent if he matches the requirements set before that clause, and he does.
The fact that this keeps being brought up is stupid.
Because this condition covers the cases were the candidate is born, outside the US, to an naturalized citizen, who has to have resided in the US for 10 years after naturalization (5 after she turned 16)
1. Obama's mother was a natural born citizen so this doesn't apply
2. Even if it did, Obama was born in the US, so it doesn't apply, double.