It was already clear that the board had rejected the two citizen parent theory.
“Montgomery argued Thursday that to be eligible for president, both of Obama’s parents had to be U.S. citizens when he was born, another long-circulating claim that includes citations of U.S. Supreme Court decisions, some more than a century old.”
“Schmidt and Kobach disagreed. Kobach said Montgomery was “trying to read too much in these very old decisions.””
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They were going to accept whatever Hawaii said, even if they couldn’t get hold of Hawaii.
Faulty thinking. The closer to the Founding, the more likely a decision would be accurate. I've noticed the tendency of people to care more about what judges said than what founders said. Found this the other day. (Thanks to Dr. Conspiracy)
James Monroe, Paris 4th July 1795
A Mr Eldred was lately apprehended at Marseilles and sent here under guard upon a charge of having given intelligence to the British of some movement in the French fleet. Upon inquiry I found he had my passport granted too upon the most substantial documents proving him to be an American citizen; but I likewise found that in truth he was not an American citizen, for although born in America yet he was not there in the course of our revolution but in England, nor had he been there since. From what I hear of him, he is not a person of mischevious 1 Page Breakdisposition nor one who would be apt to commit the offence charged upon him, but yet I do not see how I can officially interfere in his behalf, for when once a principle is departed from, it ceases to be a principle. More latterly I was requested by the commissary of foreign affairs to prohibit our consuls from granting passports, which was immediately done. I was afterwards requested by him to furnish a list of the Americans actually in Paris, and to render a like list every decade of those who should in the interim arrive, and which was promised and will be punctually executed. I herewith send you a copy of my instructions to the Consuls and correspondence with the commissary on this subject.
They were going to accept whatever Hawaii said, even if they couldn’t get hold of Hawaii.
Yeah, that's the other thing. They want to accept whatever everyone else thinks is correct. The Baby boom generation are pansies compared to the World War II generation. (And pretty much all others as well.)