I’m not speaking about Obama. I am speaking about a principle.
A court ruling re Obama has no bearing on the principle discussed.
Where a constitutional principle is not specifically spelled out, court rulings are used to interpret meanings. In America, the concept of natural born citizenship has relevance to the election of presidents and vice-presidents.
There is a biblical principle: “Thou shalt not kill.” Yet all kinds of contingencies and exceptions have emerged to that basic principle over the millennia. One such modern day exception is “justifiable homicide,” a LEGAL principle.
Minor v. Happersett (1874): “The Constitution does not, in words, say who shall be natural-born citizens. Resort must be had elsewhere to ascertain that.”