Posted on 11/28/2008 2:40:28 PM PST by SatinDoll
INTRODUCTION
The natural born citizen requirement in Article II of the United States Constitution has been called the “stupidest provision” in the Constitution,1 “undecidedly unAmerican,”2 “blatantly discriminatory,”3 and the “Constitution’s worst provision.”4 ...
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The natural born citizen clause of the United States Constitution should be repealed for numerous reasons. Limiting presidential eligibility to natural born citizens discriminates against naturalized citizens, is out-dated and undemocratic, and incorrectly assumes that birthplace is a proxy for loyalty. The increased globalization of the world continues to make each of these reasons more persuasive...the natural born citizen clause has increasingly become out of place in the American legal system. However, even though globalization strengthens the case for a Constitutional amendment, many Americans argue against abolishing the requirement.
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BTTT!
WHERE’S THE BARF ALERT?
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Alexander Hamilton was probably the only foreign born American citizen at the time of the adoption of the Constitution that the founders intended to be eligible to be president:
“No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.”
Martin Van Buren was the first president actually to have been born an American citizen. All prior presidents to Van Buren were born in British colonies!
That’s nice Sarah, but I believe you have your head up your tookas!
His ACORN group has been working on how to get foreigners to vote.
It's only natural to assume that the next goal is to get foreigners to be President.
-PJ
Will Obammy put his hand on a Bible or a Quran? Or disdain the entire process?
Sarah,
It will need to be amended before the electors meet (Dec 15) or else your guy is not eligible.
“I’m beginning to think that Chicago is the root of all evil.”
If this country ever needs a colon bypass, it will be from Detroit to Chicago!
Isn’t it such that the law at the TIME of an event is the prevailing law?
Maybe he'll simply swear himself in.
-PJ
Would this be the same Jennifer Granholm who has done such a fantastic job of leading the state of Michigan?
“I’m beginning to very seriously think that 0bama is NOT a natural born citizen, and that the libs have known it and started preparing for an amendment to the Constitution years ago.”
BUT, he committed fraud by running in the first place. I suspect the house would have to impeach and the senate would have to convict. If not, I believe there would be a military coup or, perhaps even better and armed uprising!
Nothing he could or would say would have effect because he would NOT be legitimate in any conceivable way.
The massive fraud we are now witness to would indicate it was a wise provision.
Some women should only be seen and not heard.......
Well, they'd better try to erase the "ex-post-facto" and the "bill of attainder" provisions while they're at it.
Exactly what I thought, we have a common criminal elected president.
You know if Obama was found OUT to not be a natural born citizen, congress will changes the rules.if it serves thier cause ..just like Hairy the Reid said the other day that the Senate could end up deciding the race between Frankinstein and Coleman
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138906/posts
“McCain would have been no better. He was born in Colon, Panama.”
Are you serious?
He was born in a US Military Hospital on a US Military Base in a US controlled Territory. In all ways he is a citizen.
That mean, nasty old Constitution, it’s yucky.
We should have presidents like Schwarzenegger and Granholm cuz they’ve governed so well.
What we need is government by pot-smoking young airheads; that’ll keep us leaders of the world.
Ein Welt, uber alles!
Ci-cago, that wonderful town, should be the model for its governance.
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