The Henry Chang opinion looks like a real legal opinion. I would still like to find the actual statutes and tie them to effective dates and events at issue but if it is as simple as a consistent statute from 1952 on nationalizing illegitimate children where the mother is a US Citizen, with no conditions, that will be the answer.
I'd like to think about the ramifications as applied to the possible Obama facts. I have paid less attention to the Sec. 1409 issue the last several days because I believe Obama's story is correct that they were in fact married in February of 1961; and I think the most logical course of events is that the marriage occurred in Kenya where it would have been valid.
Under those circumstances, I assume we would conclude that Sec. 1409 has no application.
Would that make it valid here/
“I believe Obama’s story is correct that they were in fact married in February of 1961; and I think the most logical course of events is that the marriage occurred in Kenya where it would have been valid.”
The location of the wedding was Honolulu Hawaii, where they both were students during that semester. Nothing happened in Kenya. She was never there.
The SC opinion was a “real opinion” and it did what you asked regarding the statute. You didn’t read it did you?
Eliminating possibilities helps narrow the wild speculation that is going on.