[John Valentine]

His mother was a US citizen, which is enough to give him natural-born status in all but perhaps a purely technical way.

Horsepatootie.

She could not bequeath natural born citizenship on her son in a purely LEGAL (i.e. CONSTITUTIONAL) way, i.e. the only way that counts.

If folks like you ever got the upper hand in our Republic, the entire Constitution would be dispensed with "in a purely technical way", and I pray that never happens.

[expatpat]

See post #64. The rule causing the problem was only in place for a while and has since been rescinded. That’s why it is a technicality.

[o_zarkman44]

“entire Constitution would be dispensed with “in a purely technical way”, and I pray that never happens”

I disagree with you.

The “technical” part of the law is where every argument originates. Thats why lawyers make the big bucks. Every law is open to litigation, meritorious or not. How many times has a criminal been freed because of a “technicality”?

The left uses technicality of the law every challenge it makes. The ACLU don’t exist because of cut and dried law. Every challenge they sue for is based on interpretation of the technical fine points in law.