[David]

But the issue of Rubio's NBC status or lack thereof, and theerefore his constitutional eligibility for the vice presidency (the eligibility requirements for VP are exactly the same as for President, according to the Twelfth Amendment), boils down to whether or not his foreign-born parents were naturalized by the time of his birth.

That's a really silly thing to post for someone who is not a professional.

You are flying in the fact of a large volume of professional literature; an able opinion of an experienced expert professional published by the Congressional Research Service; and a volume of recent court experience, most recently the ALJ in Georgia who refused to even hear the argument, the answer is so clear.

The issue is about a forecast of what the U S Supreme Court would hold if confronted with the question of Rubio's eligibility to hold the office because of an objection based on the citizenship of his parents--the objection would not get any serious consideration; the Court will hold him eligible.

If what you mean is that the "natural born" clause ought to include some ancestral citizenship or residency or citizen commitment in edition to citizenship at birth of the candidate, I agree.

But as to the state of the law at present, you are simply living in a dream world.

[justiceseeker93]

The issue is about a forecast of what the U S Supreme Court would hold if confronted with the question of Rubio's eligibility to hold the office because of an objection based on the citizenship of his parents--the objection would not get any serious consideration; the Court will hold him eligible.

Unfortunately, you're probably correct about what the current SCOTUS would do; unfortunately, people who have a decent respect for the original meaning of the Constitution are few and far between in today's federal judiciary.

That's one reason why today's federal judiciary, especially the SCOTUS and some of the more outrageous Circuit courts, is held in such low esteem by so many of us (even though the SCOTUS might throw us a bone by disabling Obamacare next week). They too often go with the political winds, rather than the Constitution.

I know it's only hypothetical, but how do you think the Minor v. Happersett Court would rule on Rubio's eligibility?

[Political Junkie Too]

I think you are mistaken. Even Thomas Paine wrote in 1791 that the Article II natural-born citizen meant a child of two citizen parents. Plain meaning of the Framers doesn't get better than a book by a Founder written just two years after ratification.

-PJ