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The Holy Grail of POTUS Eligibility Law Review Articles (re: Obama, Arthur).
naturalborncitizen ^
| 8/25/2009
| rxsid
Posted on 08/25/2009 11:56:37 AM PDT by rxsid
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posted on
08/25/2009 11:56:38 AM PDT
by
rxsid
To: hoosiermama; Red Steel; null and void; LucyT; BP2; STARWISE; MHGinTN; pissant; Amityschild; ...
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posted on
08/25/2009 11:57:23 AM PDT
by
rxsid
(HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
To: STARWISE; hoosiermama
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posted on
08/25/2009 11:58:28 AM PDT
by
penelopesire
("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
To: rxsid; Star Traveler
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posted on
08/25/2009 12:02:03 PM PDT
by
Jo Nuvark
(Those who bless Israel will be blessed, those who curse Israel will be cursed. Gen 12:3)
To: rxsid
How will this actually change anything?
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posted on
08/25/2009 12:02:13 PM PDT
by
stuartcr
(If we are truly made in the image of God, why do we have faults?)
To: rxsid
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posted on
08/25/2009 12:03:43 PM PDT
by
TenthAmendmentChampion
(Be prepared for tough times. FReepmail me to learn about our survival thread!)
To: rxsid
“If we allow persons born in the US of alien fathers to be President of the US then Kim Jong Il, Osama Bin Laden and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are all eligible to have their direct offspring become President of the United States and Commander In Chief of our Armed Forces.”
The DNC is looking into drafting procedures even as we speak.
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posted on
08/25/2009 12:05:12 PM PDT
by
TenthAmendmentChampion
(Be prepared for tough times. FReepmail me to learn about our survival thread!)
To: stuartcr
As long as MOST of us fail to stand for the rule of law ... nothing.
What will YOU (plural) do?
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posted on
08/25/2009 12:05:36 PM PDT
by
plsjr
(<>< ... reality always gets the last vote.)
To: rxsid
I wonder what laws were signed by President Arthur. Were any states admitted to the Union during his term? Maybe they will try to invalidate that admission . . .
(I’m in my own little world, I know.)
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posted on
08/25/2009 12:07:06 PM PDT
by
cvq3842
(Countless thousands of our ancestors died to give us the freedoms we have today. Stay involved!)
To: Apple Blossom; theKid51
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posted on
08/25/2009 12:10:10 PM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(Socialism is not a bad word. It is a bad concept.)
To: rxsid
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posted on
08/25/2009 12:10:23 PM PDT
by
GloriaJane
(http://www.last.fm/music/Gloria+Jane)
To: rxsid
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posted on
08/25/2009 12:12:19 PM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! FairTaxNation.com)
To: TenthAmendmentChampion
"The DNC is looking into drafting procedures even as we speak."
Indeed, only...they are attempting to get away with setting the precedent with Barry!
As we know, Arthur didn't set precedent, because the public didn't know he was a British subject at birth, quite unlike Barry of today. Although, both lied to conceal their past in some way.
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posted on
08/25/2009 12:12:41 PM PDT
by
rxsid
(HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
To: rxsid
Take that, you usurper!
Most definitely bookmarked.
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posted on
08/25/2009 12:12:44 PM PDT
by
bgill
(The evidence simply does not support the official position of the Obama administration)
To: plsjr
If I knew what could be done, then I would decide.
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posted on
08/25/2009 12:16:27 PM PDT
by
stuartcr
(If we are truly made in the image of God, why do we have faults?)
To: rxsid
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posted on
08/25/2009 12:23:09 PM PDT
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
To: rxsid
BTTT
Doesn’t this also mean that all those “anchor” babies are not anchored at all?
THAT would be a nice outcome of this study and report.
Has someone notified Dr. Orly Taitz about this?
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posted on
08/25/2009 12:36:50 PM PDT
by
HighlyOpinionated
(At Thermopylae, 1 Million Persians lost 20 Thousand yet failed to disarm 300 Spartans. Molon Labe!)
To: cvq3842
Decided to join you in your world... ;o)
You made me curious so I had to check.
No states entered into the Union from 1881 to 1885.
Colorado (#38) was in 1876.
North Dakota (#39) was in 1889.
As for laws, wiki has a decent summary.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_A._Arthur
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posted on
08/25/2009 12:55:13 PM PDT
by
astyanax
(I'm here to spread peace, love and happiness... so get the f*#% out of my way.)
To: cvq3842
Down with Greenwich Mean Time!
:o)
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posted on
08/25/2009 12:57:45 PM PDT
by
astyanax
(I'm here to spread peace, love and happiness... so get the f*#% out of my way.)
To: rxsid; BP2; pissant; David; Dajjal; cripplecreek; LucyT; Calpernia; Fred Nerks; null and void; ...
The blogger who describes this law review article as "the Holy Grail of all POTUS eligibility law review articles" exaggerates its significance quite a bit.
The principle asserted by Collins, which essentially considers citizenship at birth to be solely patrilineal (except in the case of an illegitimate child), is archaic, having been superseded several times by successive US statutes. The same holds for Collins' outright dismissal of any notion of dual (or multiple) citizenship at birth; the fact is that American law has since recognized that some persons are categorized as such. And his idea that descendants of Chinese immigrants born in the US can never be citizens at birth was reversed by a SCOTUS decision in the 1890s which granted citizenship to such persons based upon the 14th Amendment.
The specific subject of POTUS eligibility is not even addressed in Collins' article, as it did not seem to be a concern of his, despite the fact that Arthur - the president, coincidentally, at the time the article was written - would seemingly not qualify for the presidency under Collins' doctrine, given what we now know about Arthur's father's British citizenship status at the time of Arthur's birth.
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