[Bobsvainbabblings]

It's not false. Your post is a great example of what lengths people like you will go to to deny reality.

Bayard clearly said:

It is only requisite that he should be a citizen by birth.   

Wrong again. I have seen people take things out of context to prove a point. You have taken that a step further. You put a period where a coma should be and then leave off the rest of the sentence.

 , and that is the case with all the children of citizens who have ever resided in this country, though born in a foreign country.” 

That is where he describes what it takes to be a citizen by birth. All the children born of citizens who have resided in this country.

Obama, Cruz, Rubio and Jindal all fail that requirement. BVB

[Jeff Winston]

Okay. And that is the case with all the children of citizens who have ever resided in this country, though born in a foreign country.

But that’s not the main and controlling idea. That is a following thought, an EXAMPLE of Bayard’s main point. It’s not a qualifier. It’s a consequence of the main point.

This is basic English. Go and ask your English teacher.