Chester Arthur was born in the US to a father who was a British subject at the time, and who had not yet become a naturalized US citizen. That fact did not become known until years after he left the Presidency.
It's more than just ironic that Wong Kim Ark was decided by Justice Gray. The SCOTUS may have no choice but to disregard Wong Kim Ark whenever they decide to either affirm or overturn Minor vs. Hapersett, in order to avoid logical contradictions.
sourcery wrote:
“The validity of each and every Supreme Court decision issued wherein Chief Justice Gray either wrote the majority opinion, or which was a 5/4 decision, depends utterly on the whether or not the President who appointed him (Chester Arthur) was Constitutionally President.”
First, that’s a laughable bit of self-delusion. Second, U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark was decided 6 to 2.