“In the end, Rawle’s opinion is overruled by a UNANIMOUS Supreme Court opinion in Minor v. Happersett.”
No it isn’t. Why do people say such things?
Because it's 100 percent TRUE. Your denial is not supported. The Supreme Court is the nation's highest judicial authority. Virginia Minor argued she was a citizen via the 14th amendment, but the court UNANIMOUSLY rejected this argument because it said she was already a citizen by virtue of the definition the court used to define NBC with no doubts: all children born in the country of parents who were its citizens. This definition was cited, affirmed and upheld more than 20 years later in U.S. v Wong Kim Ark. It specifically emphasized Minor was born to citizen parents. Why would the court do this if they presribed to the ONE interpetation offered by Rawle??