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To: coalminersson; woodpusher
I started my posts with the qualification we need a USSC decision defining NBC and addressing the foreign parents issue.

Why? Determining jurisdiction of federal courts is the function of Congress, save for certain areas that grant original jurisdiction solely to the Supreme Court (such as in court disputes between states, cases involving ambassadors or diplomats, controversies wherein the United States itself is a party, etc.). Defining who is and is not a citizen is strictly within the purview of the legislative branch; the only point wherein the judiciary would get involved is if there is a conflict between certain legislation and what the Constitution itself prescribes (and at this junction, there is no legislative/judicial conflict involving the meaning of "natural-born citizen".

Everything else is non-binding opinion

There is an overwhelming body of SCOTUS case law validating the position that the children of illegal aliens are considered natural-born citizens, to the point where we'd need either massive legislative updates to legal statutes and/or a constitutional amendment to change that classification.

It's hardly "non-binding opinion".

106 posted on 12/27/2023 12:20:05 PM PST by Ultra Sonic 007 (There is nothing new under the sun.)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

overwhelming. think not. There has been an overwhelming avoidance of the issue by the USSC,.


109 posted on 12/27/2023 12:31:23 PM PST by coalminersson (since )
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