[El Gato]

I didn't say the State departments interpretation (Maybe you'd like paraphrase) was not correct, just that it is not the actual statute.

While I'm sure Olson and Tribe's opinions carry more weight than mine, they're still historically wrong on this issue. Plenty of evidence that the founders meant your father had to be a citizen and you had to be born in the country, or while your father was in it's service outside of it. In those days a woman became a citizen when she married one, automatically, so this was in effect the same at the "parents who are it's citizens" requirement in "Law of Nations".

Opinions being like assholes, everyone having one. The truth is whatever it is, regardless of opinions.

[kabar]

The State Department cited the federal statute. It is not the State Department's interpretation. It is the Federal Government's implementation of the law.

While I'm sure Olson and Tribe's opinions carry more weight than mine, they're still historically wrong on this issue.

LOL. That's your opinion. Like you said, opinons are like assholes, everyone has one. We do know that Senate Resolution 511 declared that McCain was eligible to run for the Presidency based on the Tribe/Olson opinion. He ran and so did Obama. Obama is in the WH. Until the courts decide what was the Founder's intention, Obama is not going anywhere.

Opinions being like assholes, everyone having one. The truth is whatever it is, regardless of opinions.

The "truth" will be what SCOTUS decides. I will reiterate, we need a decision sooner rather than later. With 40 million foreign born in this country--about one in 8--and projections indicate it will be one in 5 by 2050, we need a decision. Moreover, there are 300,000 to 400,000 anchor babies born each year to illegal aliens and the birth tourism industry is thriving.