[Sherman Logan]

Thanks for the quote.

Which decision is it from?

It goes right along with a conclusion I reached some time ago, that citizenship in the Constitution followed common law, which is, with the two exceptions listed by the court, jus solis.

I also think it is interesting that the 14th Amendment does not claim that it is changing the Constitution, other than by making illegal previous exclusions by race.

IOW, it is extending to all racial groups the same definition of citizenship previously applied, by some states, only to white people. Which is jus solis, with minor exceptions as outlined in common law.

[Mr Rogers]

Most of the quotes I’ve made were from the WKA decision:

http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0169_0649_ZO.html

The whole meaning of NBC was discussed at great length, and that is why the birther cases won’t go anywhere. The US Supreme Court has already ruled on the meaning of NBC, and if Obama was born in the USA, he qualifies.

[DiogenesLamp]

IOW, it is extending to all racial groups the same definition of citizenship previously applied, by some states, only to white people. Which is jus solis, with minor exceptions as outlined in common law.

What you mean is that it is removing the Jus Sanguinus requirement.