Well, it might matter a lot. If the article is correct, and I have not researched that, then some resolution to the issue must be made and soon.
Seems to me there are two key issues (presuming the article is accurate with regard to the substance of the legislation addressed): 1) does the statute trump the currently-accepted but increasingly challenged view of born in the USA and “subject to the jurisdiction” thereof (unlikely, i.e., in my dreams); and 2) if so, whether the legislation has retroactive effect. The author say “no.” I think this issue is more important than a dispute about “raised “ seals on Hussein’s birth certificate.
I could see HRC using this with extreme relish.
One thing is clear, as I sometimes tell my USA-naturalized Cuban-born friend when he becomes uppity, he can’t be president and I can. Understandably, he gets po’ed when I say that.
See 21.