Posted on 12/05/2008 11:54:45 AM PST by America2012
At Barack Obama’s web site, the following admission:
“FactCheck.org Clarifies Barack’s Citizenship
‘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…’ “
Read that last line again.
“That same act governed the status of Obama Sr.‘s children…”
That’s an admission that Great Britain “governed the status” of Barack Obama, Jr. Barack Obama has chosen to highlight this on his own volition.
And this leads to the relevant question:
HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN’S STATUS BE “GOVERNED” BY GREAT BRITAIN?
A natural born citizen’s status should only be governed by the United States. This is the core issue before the Supreme Court of the United States.
Unfortunately none of this matters. Foreign-born; foreign-financed. Nevertheless: our next president.
If the SCOTUS decides to actually take this case and rules 1)that Hussein was *not* born in the US and 2)that,under US citizenship laws in effect at the time of his birth,his mother could *not* transmit US citizenship at his birth then,unless I'm mistaken,the Court would be *forced* to rule that he's ineligible to serve given the requirements laid out by the Constitution.
Yes,that's a lot of "ifs" and it's very possible that the SCOTUS won't have the guts to do what's right (if it is right) but....
Scotus: SHOW US YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE
Obama: Ok, I’m having it shipped from Hawaii right now...I just got word that the transport truck was in an accident and destroyed.
Scotus: Ok, we’ll take a copy
Obama: ok, i’m having a low resolution copy faxed right now
The Founding Fathers were essentially in the same position as Obama - born under British rule (or rather born to fathers who were under British Rule). That’s why they SPECIFICALLY authorized themselves to be eligible to be President in Article 2 of the Constitution “No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President;... “
They didn’t consider themselves “natural born citizens”.
” it doesn’t necessarily mean that he wasn’t *also* a US citizen from birth.”
US citizen from birth and natural born citizen are NOT the same thing.
The original definiton of natural born citizen (the definiton the founders used) was born in the US and BOTH parents were US citizens at the time of birth.
By that defintion, you can be born in the US and still not be a natrual born citizen.
The American people of all sizes and shapes would riot if Oprah’s Choice were denied his “rightful possession” based on undefined “natural born” terminology.
SCOTUS has NO guts except when it comes to the imposition of socialism.
Unfortunately, I think you are right.
I would love to see the Supremes take this up and rule that Obama can’t be President. While I know this will cause rioting, I truely fear the slow boiling of our rights under an Obama presidency more than a nation wide riot right now.
My gut tells me that they will cave to pressures and find a loop hole that lets this requirement be skipped.
Part of me thinks that the issue of whether Obama was born in America or Kenya isn’t that big of a deal, the other part of me questions what does ignoring requirements do in setting precidents for the future.
The one question I have, would be to the legality of things signed by Obama as President, if he doesn’t meet the full requirements of being the President.
On a personal note, I would love to watch the media scream if the Supremes over-rule Obama’s assent.
British citizens can hold dual citizenship...
I hold UK/Canadian citizenship because of this...
Read this. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2143217/posts
This won’t stop if the SC refuses to hear it today. All it takes is for one judge to issue a subpoena for Obama’s BC and the house of cards collapses.
Pray then, where is that one brave judge?
Actually there is an easy way out for the SCOTUS:
“It is the responsibility of Secretaries of State of the Several States to certify candidates for elections within their states. We will not second guess them. If they failed to properly investigate the candidates, it is NOT OUR PROBLEM. Case Dismissed.”
No, they weren’t in the same position.
They KNEW they were not natural born citizens, nor could they be, of a country that did not yet exist. They chose to make everyone living in the US at the time citizens.
That solution had the effect of lasting until the last person alive when the constitution was adopted died then that provision became moot.
It has zero to do with Zero.
Rioting is serious business and could happen anywhere but I’m a strong believer in the National Guard and anything else the local gov’t would have to offer if rioting would occur because right now OUR Constitution is at stake and I would rather have that compared to someone under false pretense become POTUS.
My take is that this is a HUGE issue, that the Constitution says what it says and means what it says and to ignore this simple, well-defined requirement will be a disaster for our country... not just because Obama will be a disaster... but because ignoring the Constitutional law on such an important matter will, in and of itself, be a disaster.
I don’t care how many of Oprah’s people riot.
Bring.
It.
On.
Exactly. Why should a foreign law to decide who our President should be? It's crazy.
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