The "applicable law" is subject to interpretation, and what it means depends entirely on *WHO* is in a position to apply it, and what political persuasion as well as what whims they have.
You have far too much undeserving respect for "the LAW". It is cobbled together by winners of popularity contests who may not know or even understand any broader principles upon which "the LAW" is based. It is often enacted by whims, not very well thought out or written out, and often creates unintended consequences that do not serve the public interest.
And that's before it gets to the idiot, ignorant, corrupt, lying judges that often "interpret" it. What it means after they get ahold of it depends entirely on how insane, stupid, ignorant, corrupt, or biased they are.
This is how we got the 14th amendment giving us abortions and f@ggot "marriage."
"The LAW" in Hawaii allows them to create fake birth certificates as their *ORIGINAL* records. Hawaii is probably unique in this manner, and it is the consequence of so many children being born aboard ships in route to Hawaii, and therefore the laws in Hawaii are very lenient in giving someone born elsewhere a birth certificate saying they were born in Hawaii.
So even an original record from Hawaii is not all that good as proof that Obama was born there, but we don't even have that.
We've got statements and allegations from the authorities in Hawaii who want us to "take their word for it", rather than producing the actual genuine evidence.
A competent Judge would look at Hawaii's laws, realize they do not by themselves suffice to produce a document to adequately prove that Obama was even born there, and would therefore insist his status as "Natural Born Citizen" is indeterminate.
Competent Secretaries of State would refuse to allow him on the ballot until the matter had been dealt with.
But because Obama was black, everyone fell over backwards trying to make certain that he could run for President, and to hell with any duty to insure the Constitutional requirements were met.
The "applicable law" is subject to interpretation,
By courts. It is not subject to revision or replacement by dingbats on the internet.