[DMZFrank]

“When Churchill was born citizenship passed to children born overseas through the father. When Obama was born it was mother or father.”

Yes, the previously mentioned Cable Act, passed in 1922 allowed for that. That means that PRIOR to 1922, the citizenship of the father of a child born overseas was the citizenship transmitted to his offspring. With regard to Article II eligibility, that was the understanding on that matter since 1787. The Cable Act did not retroactively alter Article II, as that requires a constitutional amendment.

The Immigration and Nauralization Act of 1952, under which Obama was born, did not alter Article II with regard to POTUS eligibility either.

Do not conflate that form of statutory citizenship granted Obama under the act with Article II eligibility citizenship. It is clear that it must be NATURAL BORN citizenship, however one interprets it.

This matter is SCREAMING for a definitive ruling on the meaning of Article II, Section 1, clause 5, by the SCOTUS for the first time in the history of the US. It is revealing to note what Clarence Thomas told a House subcommittee that when it comes to determining whether a person born outside the 50 states can serve as U.S. president when he said that the high court is “evading” the issue. The comments came as part of Thomas’ testimony before a House appropriations panel discussing an increase in the Supreme Court’s budget in April of 2017. Thomas said that to Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Jose Serrano, D-N.Y.

After two Obama terms, I think they are terrified of the implications of a ruling based on originalist constitutional intent and interpretation. That does not excuse the cowardice in refusing a grant of certiorari for those who wish to have SCOTUS exercise it’s Article III oversight on this matter.

[Electric Graffiti]

“This matter is SCREAMING for a definitive ruling on the meaning of Article II, Section 1, clause 5, by the SCOTUS for the first time in the history of the US. “

Why? The meaning of natural born Citizen is clear. It always has been.

You think the courts would make a ‘definitive’ ruling about the natural born Citizen clause and render Barack Hussein Osama an asterisk in our history books? /rhet

[DoodleDawg]

The Cable Act did not retroactively alter Article II, as that requires a constitutional amendment.

A constitutional amendment to do what? Article II does not define natural-born citizen.