[Rides3]

Precedent is not made up of the final declaration only. It includes all of the core reasoning of the case.

It's not "core reasoning" if it yields a result that's different from the reasoning. The Supreme Court DECLINED to rule Wong Kim Ark a 'natural born citizen' even though they could have done so.

[Jeff Winston]

It's not "core reasoning" if it yields a result that's different from the reasoning. The Supreme Court DECLINED to rule Wong Kim Ark a 'natural born citizen' even though they could have done so.

There's no appreciable difference at all between the core reasoning and the final declaration.

If someone is a natural born citizen, then they're a citizen.

Your utter determination to deny what they law says is showing.