“WKA has no bearing on natural born either as the court never declared WKA to be natural born. PERIOD”
It didn’t settle it, but it doesn’t lack all bearing. For instance, it settles that soil babies are, indeed, U.S. citizens. With that, all you need is to accept that natural born citizen means to be born a citizen, and you’re home free.
WKA recognized the findings in Minor v. Happersett in that a person born in the country to citizen parents is a natural born citizen whose citizenship does not depend on the 14th amendment. If your citizenship IS dependent on the 14th amendment, you aren’t a natural born citizen. It’s why Justice Waite declared Wong Kim Ark to be a citizen of the United States by virtue of the 14th amendment, but clearly avoided declaring him to be a natural born citizen.