No, it was "over" being a smokescreen for Obama, who cosponsored the bill.
the Senate—if memory serves—declared him eligible. If he had been known to have been born in the U.S., they wouldn’t have had to affirm his qualifications through parentage.
Well they didn't have to do anything, but they did, through a resolution which has no real value. They could have resolved that the Sun rises in the West, but that wouldn't make it so.
I don't believe the Senate has the power to declare anyone eligible or ineligible for the presidency. It wasn't real controversial at any time since his parents were serving in the US military at the time of his birth. Otherwise they probably would have been in the US.
“No, it was ‘over’ being a smokescreen for Obama, who cosponsored the bill.”
Okay, whatever. Superficially, at least, it was came about because he was born outside U.S. territory.
“Well they didn’t have to do anything, but they did, through a resolution which has no real value.”
Yes, and most everything they do is of of similar value. Even the bills that vastly expand government power do so largely by passing the real power on to the executive branch.
“It wasn’t real controversial at any time since his parents were serving in the US military at the time of his birth. Otherwise they probably would have been in the US”
Of course that only explains the politics of it, not the law. It shouldn’t make any difference why he was born outside the U.S.; his status rises or falls on the basis of whether or not two citizen parents is enough, regardless of place of birth.