the appellate decision addressed the question of whether obama's eligibility was affected by his father's lack of u.s. citizenship, saying that "[b]ased upon the language of article ii, section 1, clause 4 and the guidance provided by "wong kim ark", we conclude that persons born within the borders of the united states are 'natural born citizens' for article ii, section 1 purposes, regardless of the citizenship of their parents." on april 1, 2010, the supreme court of indiana rejected, without comment, a request to consider the case.