This court case against Obama seems so nonsensical, in that, if all Obama and his people have to do is produce a birth certificate, the lawsuit would have to be dismissed.
On the other hand, if Obama doesn’t have a birth certificate, if he has something to hide, he would rather drag his feet on the court proceedings, rather than try to bring it to a swift conclusion.
But a big question of mine that I don’t know the answer to is : since Obama’s mother was an American citizen, doesn’t that make him an American citizen, even if he was born overseas?
In this you are right, but this part of the constitution has not been tested because since it was enacted, we have not had an instance in which this could have occurred.
No, not if his father was foreign.
His mother was 18. She did not live sufficient time in the US after the age of 16 (5 years required) to be able to pass citizenship on to a child not born in the USA and not born of a US father.
If his mother was 19 at the time of his birth, yes. But she was only 18, so the answer to your question is NO!
No, she was only 18 at the time. If she was 19 he would be..
Well, dragging his feet seems to be exactly what he is doing. So what does that tell you?
“..since Obama’s mother was an American citizen, doesn’t that make him an American citizen, even if he was born overseas?”
What about his father’s citizenship — wasn’t he a Kenyan? Could it not be that he is a Kenyan if he were born in Kenya? Up to now 0bama has not been able to verify with certainty that he was even born in Hawaii or on American soil.
You know, it just occurred to me that Obama's Father probably committed statutory rape when he was conceived. I guess not if they were already married.
“This court case against Obama seems so nonsensical”
My remark below assumes that Obama is not citizen
Actually the bigger issue, is if he gets elected, then he has cracked the wall so any foriegner could run in future.
The reason for the citizen clause is apparent. Allegiance to this country only, not some other country.
Flippin commies,socialists and marxist see this guy as their hope of nullifying that clause.
I predict if (shuddering) Obama gets elected we will find out he is not citizen.
“since Obama’s mother was an American citizen, doesn’t that make him an American citizen, even if he was born overseas?”
NO - you must be born in US os on a US base.
As for his mother's citizenship qualifying him as a natural born citizen regardless of birthplace, the suit claims that laws at the time of his birth required the mother to have been a US citizen for a certain number of years after age 14, and claims that, due to her age at the time of his birth, she could not have met that requirement. Therefore, he must have been born on US soil to qualify as a natural born US citizen.
BHO's mom was born November 29th, 1942 and had BHO on August 4th, 1961. Now he could have been an early baby, (3 of my 5 were) but 9 months from November 29th is August 29th. So she was under 18. But, as I said the age of consent was 14! So she was an old lady there.
And just for p's and q's they got married in February 1961 while she was pregnant.
No one is questioning his citizenship. To run for pres, you must be born on American soil.
BTW, there is a possibility that Obama's parents were not married. That may be why his COLB is not being produced. If that is the case, then everyone would know what FReepers already know, that he is a b@astard.
“since Obama’s mother was an American citizen, doesn’t that make him an American citizen, even if he was born overseas?”
It isn’t an issue of citizenship. The law requires a person be born in America to run for the office of the presidency.
The other issue that is more intriguing is whether Barry Soetoro traveled to Pahk-ee-stahn on an Indonesian passport, perhaps taking in a few madrassas with his roommate along the way. That is something that is entirely possible. Kid grows up in Indonesia, comes back to US at age 10 or 11, learns to hate the US as he is mentored by his bisexual black commie friend, and so, when he travels to Pakistan, a Muslim land, it makes sense to do so on his Indonesian passport (which he may have had from traveling back and forth to see his mother.)
THAT would make things interesting. I wonder why Bill O'Reilly couldn't bring himself to ask if Barry ever had an Indonesian passport.
NO, it is NOT that simple!
Even IF he could produce a REAL other than the fake, this is not enough!!
The framers made it clear that you CANNOT have OR have had dual citizenship in order to qualify. Muhammed? barack does NOT meet that criteria. That is why he wants the lawsuit to be dismissed!!!