No, the government argued that WKA was not a U.S. citizen.
Why do you feel the need to lie about that, Mr. Rogers?
Actually, I've read the arguments submitted to the US Supreme Court for WKA, so I know what I am talking about. You obviously have not read them, or are choosing to be dishonest. The 14th Amendment isn't mentioned until page 17 of the government's argument against WKA's citizenship.
Indeed, the government's argument in WKA reads like a birther textbook. It advances the argument that English common law was an unfit bases for citizenship, and that International Law should prevail. And those arguments were rejected, 6-2.
I do not have access to the arguments as text files, but I've taken a couple of screen capture images to give you a taste:
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