What is with all the “legal theory” stuff?? I haven’t posed any theories. The SCOTUS specifically rejected a claim by V. Minor of being a citizen by virtue of the 14th amendment. If the court thought that it only took being born on U.S. soil to be a natural-born citizen, there was no reason for them to reject her argument, yet they did so UNANIMOUSLY. That’s not a theory. It is a fact and Justice Gray recognized it and mentioned in a couple of different ways in the Wong Kim Ark decision. That legal precedent is what kept him from declaring Ark to be a natural-born citizen.
You said: “The SCOTUS specifically rejected a claim by V. Minor of being a citizen by virtue of the 14th amendment.”
Uh, if this was true, could it be because Virginia Minor was born BEFORE the 14th Amendment was passed??? Like in 1824. And the 14th Amendment was passed in 1868. Sooo, Virginia Minor was ALREADY a citizen when it was passed???