Aside from the fact that it does not say what Birthers want it to say, the Birther gang doesn’t seem to be aware of what they are setting themselves up for.
Minor was a case that stated women could not vote. Can you imagine the fun MSNBC would have with that?
“Chris, the latest argument from the Right is that Minor vs. Happersett, a Supreme Court Case denying women the right to vote, also means that a man born in Hawaii cannot be President if his father is from Africa. What do you say to that?”
“Well Rachel, this just goes to show how the GOP wants to turn back the clock to the days before women’s suffrage. To the days of Jim Crow. To attack women’s rights, to attack civil rights….”
Frankly I am surprised that this hasn’t happened yet. Maybe they are saving it for closer to the election.
Who cares about msnbc?? You're missing the big picture. The Supreme Court was willing to grant that Virginia Minor would have been eligible to run for president, but they had NO legal precedent to say that she had a right to vote. The Wong Kim Ark decision affirmed this holding, but ironically it wouldn't allow it's own litigant the right to run for president, even though he may have been able to vote. Ironic, but true. Those are the facts. Minor said, "Our province is to decide what the law is, not to declare what it should be. We have given this case the careful consideration its importance demands. If the law is wrong, it ought to be changed; but the power for that is not with us." Somehow, the GA ALJ thinks he has the power to change the law and make Obama eligible to run for president. Weird, but wrong.