That’s not the way it is.
All in the beltway too long get this disease of certainty of their convictions. They invent and massage the language needed to make their case then determine, “that’s the way it is”.
As NBC is a constitutional term, it is within the powers of SCOTUS to determine the intended meaning and how it should be applied. Declaring that is not defined in the Constitution does not remove the NBC requirement, nor open it to individual interpretation.
SCOTUS should do its job
“SCOTUS should do its job”
It did. In 1898.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0169_0649_ZO.html
"Most importantly, Arizona courts are bound by United States Supreme Court precedent in construing the United States Constitution,Arizona v. Jay J. Garfield Bldg. Co., 39 Ariz. 45, 54, 3 P.2d 983, 986(1931), and this precedent fully supports that President Obama is a natural born citizen under the Constitution and thus qualified to hold the office of President.
See United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649, 702-03(1898) (addressing U. S. Const. amend. XIV);
Ankeny v. Governor of the State of Indiana, 916 N.E.2d 678,684-88 (Ind. App. 2010) (addressing the precise issue).
Contrary to Plaintiff’s assertion, Minor v. Happersett ,88 U.S. 162 (1874), does not hold otherwise.
Source: http://www.scribd.com/doc/84531299/AZ-2012-03-07-Allen-v-Obama-C20121317-ORDER-Dismissing-Complaint