He has nothing new to add to the discussion. In fact, he agress with me as to what the present state of the law is.
There is no Supreme Court decision squarely holding that children of illegal aliens are automatically citizens of the U.S. An 1898 decision, U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark, held by a vote of 5-4 that a child of legal resident aliens is entitled to birthright citizenship. The Wong Kim Ark decision, however, was based on the mistaken premise that the Fourteenth Amendment adopted the common law system of birthright citizenship.
So birthright citizenship is, according to the professor, presently the law for a child with two legal resident alien parents. Obama, of course, is the child of a legal alient resident and an undisputed American citizen.
Professor Erler and you think the law was misinterpreted by the Supremes over 100 years ago. You both have every right to believe this and promote a change in the legal precedent. Bring a case and maybe the Court will overturn the original decision. But until then the law remains that Obama, if born in HI, is a native-born American citizen.
Note my tagline.
BTW, if you were born here to non-diplomat legal residents, you are perfectly eligible to be president. Let me know when you file the papers and I will consider contributing to your campaign.