Posted on 01/18/2016 5:06:16 AM PST by ckilmer
Text of A resolution recognizing that John Sidney McCain, III, is a natural born citizen.
This simple resolution was agreed to on April 30, 2008. That is the end of the legislative process for a simple resolution. The text of the bill below is as of Apr 30, 2008 (Resolution Agreed to by Senate). Download PDF
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110th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 511
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 10, 2008
Mrs. McCaskill (for herself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Obama, Mr. Coburn, Mrs. Clinton, and Mr. Webb) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
April 24, 2008
Reported by Mr. Leahy, without amendment
April 30, 2008
Considered and agreed to
RESOLUTION
Recognizing that John Sidney McCain, III, is a natural born citizen.
Whereas the Constitution of the United States requires that, to be eligible for the Office of the President, a person must be a "natural born Citizen" of the United States;
Whereas the term "natural born Citizen", as that term appears in Article II, Section 1, is not defined in the Constitution of the United States;
Whereas there is no evidence of the intention of the Framers or any Congress to limit the constitutional rights of children born to Americans serving in the military nor to prevent those children from serving as their country’s President;
Whereas such limitations would be inconsistent with the purpose and intent of the "natural born Citizen" clause of the Constitution of the United States, as evidenced by the First Congress's own statute defining the term "natural born Citizen";
Whereas the well-being of all citizens of the United States is preserved and enhanced by the men and women who are assigned to serve our country outside of our national borders;
Whereas previous presidential candidates were born outside of the United States of America and were understood to be eligible to be President; and
Whereas John Sidney McCain, III, was born to American citizens on an American military base in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936: Now, therefore, be it
That John Sidney McCain, III, is a "natural born Citizen" under Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution of the United States.
Cruz and Trump are both outsiders. While they throw Cruz under the bus on this, they direct the response to Obama [state of disunion] against Trump.
It was a very smart move because it protected Obola from far more serious NBC attacks and coopted McCain.
Yes, they let that bit about McLame being born off the base, hence not born on US soil, slide. By the time SR511 got out of committee and voted on the floor, a lot got swept under the rug. What Hillary and Bambam originally signed off on was NBC = born on US soil and of TWO US citizens.
Cruz- not eligible
Rubio- not eligible
Period.
Exactly.
Cruz is probably a patriot, Trump is probably a patriot. I don’t ever say 100% because nearly all have let me down over the years. However, Cruz is only going to look until he finds the answer that suits him. I’m sure he had more important things to do after that.
It was a very smart move because it protected Obola from far more serious NBC attacks and coopted McCain.
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Yes I know. Sigh. I only wish our guys could be so clever and far sighted — without being diabolical.
Oops. Tribe let his liberal undies show.
Cruz believes the Constitution hasn’t changed “when it comes to gays?” Some scholar.
Tribe makes no pretense of being an originalist. But he knows how to study like one if it means he can finally put that young pup in his place [sad to say].
Obama freely admitted, and told anyone who would listen, that his father was a British Subject of Kenya.”””
And his mother willing gave up American citizenship for both of them when she moved them to Indonesia. Indonesia does NOT recognize dual citizenship, and she dropped American citizenship.
There has been no record found that Obama’s American citizenship was EVER reapplied for by Grandma or another family member, because he was only 10 when Mama shipped him back to Hawaii.
Also- the ‘Birth Certificate’ Obama finally gave the press has mistakes in it. He was NOT born in America.
That’s a resolution. It has no force of law and is non-binding.
It was passed with unanimous consent....no recorded vote.
Makes one wonder why he felt motivated to do this?
When Barack Obama Jr. was born on Aug. 4,1961, in Honolulu, Kenya was a British colony, still part of the United Kingdom^s dwindling empire. As a Kenyan native, Barack Obama Sr. was a British subject whose citizenship status was governed by The British Nationality Act of 1948. That same act governed the status of Obama Sr.^s children.Sneaky....The Kenyan constitution does state that if you do not denounce your other citizenship and swear an oath to Kenya then you citizenship does in fact expire. But they give you a two year grace period so the date of Aug 4, 1982 should read Aug 4, 1984. Big deal Greg...Well it is.
Since Sen. Obama has neither renounced his U.S. citizenship nor sworn an oath of allegiance to Kenya, his Kenyan citizenship automatically expired on Aug. 4,1982.
Enter the British Nationality Act of 1981. Every person who:
(a)under [F105the British Nationality Acts 1981 and 1983][F106or the British Overseas Territories Act 2002] is a British citizen, a [F107British overseas territories citizen] , [F108a British National (Overseas),] a British Overseas citizen or a British subject; orThe UK was terminating the title of "subject" and replacing it with "Commonwealth Citizen" in this act. So the date above is relevant because the commencement date of the BNA 1981 was Jan 1, 1983 while Obama was still considered a Kenyan Citizen thus being a British Subject then became a "Commonwealth Citizen" of the UK.
(b)under any enactment for the time being in force in any country mentioned in Schedule 3 is a citizen of that country, shall have the status of a Commonwealth citizen.
It was deal. I’ll help you with your citizenship if you leave mine alone.....and John McCain has had nothing but praise for the king ever since.
The legal question in NBC is what is the child's citizenship at birth. Period.
All sorts of things can happen after that. Parents renounce, etc. What's in a person't head at birth is mush. All the mumbo jumbo about divided loyalties is used to render a result that defeats the rule of law.
Citizenship law was well know, settled, etc., way before this country was founded.
Would’nt it be funny if both 0bama and Cruz were British Subjects/Commonwealth Citizens!
Ever since 1931, Canada had been considered an independent country from Britain, however, the Canadian Constitution was still located in Britain. Starting in about the 1960’s, prime ministers made attempts to bring the constitution back to Canada. However, the difficulty with doing this was that there existed no amending formula for the said constitution. The provinces and the federal government quabbled over this issue for decades with no solution that everyone could agree on. The idea was that once an amending formula was agreed upon, the British Parliament could pass a law sending the British North America Act back to Canada.
Enter Pierre Elliott Trudeau. In 1980, he made several attempts to work with the premiers of the provinces to agree on an amending formula, but once again, no headway was made. Quebec argued incessantly with Trudeau, wanting special treatment because they were a distinct society.
Finally, sick of the arguments, Trudeau wrote his own amending formula and went to Britain to get the law passed without the consent of the other provinces. The provinces yelled bloody murder and brought the federal government to the Supreme Court of Canada. After much debate, the court decided that while strictly, legally speaking, the federal government could repatriate the constitution unilaterally, by constitutional convention, the federal government should have the agreement of the provinces.
The 1981 Supreme Court decision left both sides declaring victory. After the decision, Trudeau decided to try one last time at a compromise, but yet again, the provinces failed to agree. Finally, one night on a kitchen table in a hotel, Jean Chretien and attorney generals from Ontario and Saskatchewan hammered out a deal in the wee hours of the morning and knocked on the doors of all the premiers until they agreed to the deal. However, Quebec was left out of this deal.
Finally, Trudeau approached the British Parliament with a constitutional accord that had the agreement of all the provinces except Quebec. In 1982, The Canada Act was passed and proclaimed by the Queen, bringing the constitution back to Canada.
Thank you, I was unaware of all this.
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