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To: SatinDoll

Not so. US Code: Title 8, Chapter 12, subchapter III, Part I, Sub-subsection 1401, (g), Effective Dec 24, 1952.

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And keep this in mind - Title 8 of the US Code Sect. 1401 - none of this is part of the US Constitution. There are Constitutional scholars who insist that “natual born citizen” means what it has always been interpreted to mean; born here in the U.S.A.

They are entitled to make any challenges they want. McCain's birth can be challenged on similar grounds. The issue has never gone to SCOTUS.

I can tell you that the way citizenship is defined in US Code is the way it is administered here and overseas. Obama either received his citizenship via jus solis if he was born in Hawaii or jus sanguinis if he was born overseas. We can argue what might happen if a President Obama's eligibility for President would be challenged, but given practice, current laws, and the fact that he had been elected would weigh into any SCOTUS decision. I suspect that they would uphold the current practice and not give the Presidency to Biden.

322 posted on 10/12/2008 5:00:04 PM PDT by kabar
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To: kabar

Maybe tying up the election, causing a constitutional crisis, is really the goal. Getting into the White House is secondary but nevertheless desirable.

Curious that Speaker Pelosi would call all the Reps back to the House before the election. Maybe they are planning this, or is it just a coincidence?

By the way, I’m not biting your poisonous apple. Obama isn’t elibible to be President. Hang on to your argyles, ‘cause the next two weeks are going to be bumpy!


325 posted on 10/12/2008 5:05:44 PM PDT by SatinDoll (NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT!!)
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To: kabar

Since the DNC pretended to vett him, it’s up to conservatives now. I’m not resting until he shows us his COLB. [Yawn.] Well, time for bed.


328 posted on 10/12/2008 5:16:13 PM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March ("Never tell me the odds!" -- Han Solo)
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