That was a surprisingly balanced report. However, given this passage:
“Donofrio, following the rules of the procedure for the Supreme Court, re-submitted the application as an emergency stay in accordance to Rule 22, which states, in part, that an emergency stay can be given to another justice, which is the choice of the petitioner.”
what is up with the headline?
By the way, this case cannot win. I’m pretty sure it’s solid tradition for all children born on U.S. soil, regardless of dual citizenship, to be considered U.S. citizens at birth. Although we don’t technically recognize dual citizenship, we don’t demand that in order to be a citizen you must renounce all other national ties.
For the gazillionth time... The Constitution requires that the President be a Natural born citizen, not just a citizen.
Natural Born
Are you still confused on the citizen part?
You're correct about the automatic granting of US citizenship, but that's not what this case is about. It's about Natural Born Citizenship
There is a great deal of difference. Only a Natural Born Citizen can become President. For that, you have to be born on US soil, to two US parents.
So yes, the case IS going somewhere. Justice Thomas would not have taken it otherwise.
Little correction here, to my statement above.
US citizenship it's not actually "automatic", but it is true that it is being given to children born of illegal aliens. This is entirely due to mis-interpretation of the 14th Amendment.
“By the way, this case cannot win. I’m pretty sure...”
I can’t believe you put these two thoughts back to back. Either you know or you don’t know. If you don’t know — as you indicate here — then how do you know the case cannot be won?
How do you know that Obama was born on US soil?
“pretty sure” and “solid tradtion” do not apply when interpreting the Constitution.
“... we don’t demand that in order to be a citizen you must renounce all other national ties.”
at one point in time, during my more productive years, foreign nationals becoming naturalized US citizens, were required to denounce their previous citizenship.
With exception of whomever it was who coined the title to the article -- Thomas isn't "forcing" anything, as the writer correctly states it, he is asking his colleagues to consider. Geez.
And this is different from 2000 when the Gore campaign wanted to cherry-pick the counties to be re-counted. That was an equal protection argument which, contrary to what the left wants people to believe, passed 7-2 by the Nine.
Sure we do. Have you read the Oath of Allegiance?
The oath of allegiance is:
"I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God."