[Mr Rogers]

The opinion IS dicta.

None of this matters to birthers. Since birthers cannot read two sentences without getting confused, an entire article is beyond hope of helping them.

[philman_36]

The opinion IS dicta.
Really?! The whole opinion? How is that possible? The opinion would have no force whatsoever under your assertion.

dictum
Latin for "remark," a comment by a judge in a decision or ruling which is not required to reach the decision, but may state a related legal principle as the judge understands it.

Your comment doesn't fit the hole.

Good to see you back spouting the administration talking points and defending it.

[MMaschin]

That would be incorrect. In ‘ex parte Lockwood’ the court said - “In Minor v. Happersett, 21 Wall. 162, this court held that the word ‘citizen’ is often used to convey the idea of membership in a nation, and, in that sense, women, if born of citizen parents within the jurisdiction of the United States, have always been considered citizens of the United States, as much so before the adoption of the fourteenth amendment of the constitution as since;”

It’s clear that the SCOTUS considered Minor v. Happersett as establishing precedent on Federal Citizenship - ie. it was a Holding AND NOT Dicta.