[Abd al-Rahiim]

If Wong Kim Ark had nothing to do with natural-born citizenship, then why did Justice Gray spend a great deal of time clarifying the meaning of "natural-born"? If the case truly had nothing to do with "natural-born," as you assert, then Justice Gray would not have had to go back to English common law and analyze "natural-born" to the extent that he did.

I remind you that in Minor, Chief Justice Waite wrote, "...it was never doubted that all children born in a country of parents who were its citizens...were natives, or natural-born citizens..." (emphasis mine). Justice Gray referred to this in the Court's opinion in Wong Kim Ark, and Justice Gray came to the same conclusion regarding the meaning of "natural-born." Since you have no other substantive arguments, you chose to create a red herring and focus on the wholly irrelevant "subjects" instead of the highly relevant "natural-born."

[savedbygrace]

Answer one simple question: Was the Court, in Wong Kim Ark, ruling on citizenship or natural born citizenship? Only one is correct.