Oh yeah? So which one did Wong Kim Ark decide?
Oh yeah? So which one did Wong Kim Ark decide?
You seem unable to read an entire case and to understand it.
The Court in Wong clearly decided that Wong was a NATURAL BORN US CITIZEN. This is CRYSTAL CLEAR in the ENTIRE RATIONALE AND REASONING OF THE CASE.
And this is not controversial. There's not a judge or any major legal scholar anywhere who says anything different. Not in conservative circles. Not in liberal circles. Not in moderate circles. Nowhere.
The entire United States Congress, to the extent they've thought about it at all, accepts this and agrees on it. The Congressional Research Service agrees on this. Every court, every judge, every Supreme Court Justice who has ever had anything to say about the case - including the DISSENT from that same case!!! - agrees on that.
The only people in the entire world who don't agree are yahoos on the internet, most of whom have no legal training at all.
All natural born citizens are citizens. They are a TYPE of citizen. So if you're a natural born citizen, then you are also a citizen.
The question the Court was asked was "Is Wong Kim Ark a citizen?" Nobody cared whether he was specifically a natural born citizen eligible to be President. They asked whether he was a citizen.
So at the end, the Court, having found that he was clearly a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN, answered in the affirmative: "Yes, Wong Kim Ark is a citizen."
Only an idiot would keep saying stupid things like "You mix up 'citizen' and 'natural born citizen,' or 'The Court only found Wong to be a 'citizen,' they didn't find him to be a 'natural born citizen.'"
Because they very clearly did. That's obvious to anyone with half a brain who impartially studies the case.
Hell, as I said - even the DISSENT recognized the ruling was that Wong was eligible to be President.