[Mr Rogers]

I think your opinion is a valid interpretation.

I think mine is as well.

I also think the US Supreme Court SHOULD have taken the case in Dec 2008 and issued a written ruling on how they interpret “natural born citizen” - BEFORE Obama took office.

Had they found him ineligible, the Congress could have sworn in Biden and he could have picked a new VP. To do so now would be far more disruptive, and I don’t think the Court will touch this case unless forced.

And the only way I see to force the issue would be for a state to determine that NBC means born to two US citizens, and therefor pass a law stating that they will not accept a candidate on their ballot who lacks 2 US citizen parents.

THAT ought to force a US Supreme Court case!

[jcsjcm]

I agree and I hope. Thanks for your input!

[OldDeckHand]

"And the only way I see to force the issue would be for a state to determine that NBC means born to two US citizens, and therefor pass a law stating that they will not accept a candidate on their ballot who lacks 2 US citizen parents."

I have thought about this quite a bit. IMHO, all that would need to happen is for a state Secretary of State to deny Obama (or anyone else) ballot access because of the citizenship status (or lack thereof) of his father. Obama would sue - in state court - to obtain ballot access. Presuming that the SOS prevails (which is a big presumption) through all the lower courts and onto the state's Supreme Court, then that state Supreme Court final ruling would be subject to review by SCOTUS.

For the first time in over 230 years, you would have SCOTUS finally defining "natural-born", probably.