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FEC Drafts Opinions for Guyana-Born Man About Presidential Run
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| Aug. 26, 2011
| Alex Knott
Posted on 08/29/2011 5:51:01 AM PDT by SvenMagnussen
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To: Lazamataz
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You may not assume the office, if elected, but file and run, sure. --
Then there is a separate issue of ballot access. The CA Sec. of State denied access to Eldridge Cleaver on grounds of constitutional ineligibility.
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posted on
08/29/2011 6:35:41 AM PDT
by
Cboldt
To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
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If a person is born of citizen parents outside of the United States, they are still a citizen at birth. --
The US State Department advises that the issue of constitutional eligibility to the presidency is an unsettled question of law, in those cases. They are correct, of course, as no court has ever decided that question.
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posted on
08/29/2011 6:38:04 AM PDT
by
Cboldt
To: SvenMagnussen
I think this could work in our favor. If this person is allowed to file to run as POTUS, then this will be challenged in court. I think the courts will give this one more attention than B0s and we may finally get a ruling from the SCOTUS.
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posted on
08/29/2011 8:13:49 AM PDT
by
murron
(Proud Mom of a Marine Vet)
To: autumnraine
This is all part of a large scale attempt to get around and do away with the natural born citizen requirement. Aided and abetted by the entire US Congress I’m sorry to say.
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posted on
08/29/2011 8:37:18 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: SvenMagnussen
The Original Natural-Born Eligibility Controversy concerned the 1968 GOP primary campaign for President of George Romney, father of Mitt Romney. George Romney was born in Mexico of American citizen parents who were residents of Mexico. It caused quite a fuss at the time.
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posted on
08/29/2011 9:07:46 AM PDT
by
cookcounty
("I feel really uncomfortable, because I love loving him," --brilliant Matha's Vinyud liberal)
To: autumnraine; Lazamataz; Hotlanta Mike; Silentgypsy; repubmom; HANG THE EXPENSE; Nepeta; Bikkuri; ...
. . . . Why is this up for discussion? What happened to our Constitution?
Check out article and comments # 1 through 25.
Thanks for the pings.
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posted on
08/29/2011 11:42:06 AM PDT
by
LucyT
To: LucyT
. . Why is this up for discussion? What happened to our Constitution? Because the FEC is not in the business of determining eligibility, even for obvious cases like this one.
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posted on
08/29/2011 11:49:26 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("I'm Bringing Tagline Back" -- Justin Timberlake, 2002)
To: autumnraine
Wow, they arent even bothering to fake a birth certificate anymore.Let one in office, and they all want to run...
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posted on
08/29/2011 12:24:56 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: SvenMagnussen
All the FEC does is regulate campaign finance. It does not vet candidate, approve candidates, or rule candidates are eligible or ineligible. So basically what they are saying is that if this guy wants to launch a campaign committee, and he doesn’t violate any laws on donations, then he’s free to do so.
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posted on
08/29/2011 12:29:49 PM PDT
by
SoJoCo
To: Westbrook; Travis McGee
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posted on
08/29/2011 2:13:09 PM PDT
by
little jeremiah
(Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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