It's a 1984 moment. It always meant both parents are citizens right up until Obama ran for president, then suddenly it meant something different. Everyone forgot what they had always known and denied ever having believed it, while history was duly re-written to conform to the new reality.

You are right though in the sense that the rules as written are meaningless. The strong will do what they will, while the weak will suffer what they must.

It's a 1984 moment. It always meant both parents are citizens right up until Obama ran for president, then suddenly it meant something different. Everyone forgot what they had always known and denied ever having believed it, while history was duly re-written to conform to the new reality.