Supremes Asked to Halt Tuesday's Vote [Berg Litigation]

World Net Daily ^ | October 30, 2008 | World Net Daily

[justiceseeker93]

The US Supreme Court is being asked to help the nation avoid a contitutional crisis by halting Tuesday's election until Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama documents his eligibility to run for the top office in the nation.

[EternalVigilance]

The claims are wrong.

[Windflier]

Please, please excuse me for making any assumptions about your original statement. Seemed to me we were pretty much discussing eligibility regarding birthplace/citizenship.

No problem. Chalk it up to mis-communication.

[Windflier]

Thanks for the link and the quote from the Constitution regarding the eligibility requirements for US Senator. Much appreciated.

WF

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks justiceseeker93 and LucyT. This is a red herring though, IMHO.

Obama Must Stand Up Now Or Step Down (Birth Certificate)
Conservative Edge | October 29, 2008 | Dr. Edwin Vieira, Jr., Ph.D., J.D.
Posted on 10/31/2008 4:19:21 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2120537/posts

[curling]

John McCain

Both parents are American. His father was serving in the US Navy at the time.

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I believe the laws on this were augmented to accomodate such births (I was born in Tripoli, Libya to American parents and my dad was serving in the US Air Force at the time). Granted, I was born on a US AFB at the time.

If this was a problem for McCain, I assure you that the MSM would had been over this a long time ago.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Thank you for your comments.

McCain has an unusual problem, though.

Having been born in the Republic of Panama (and not in the Canal Zone), he is also a Panamanian citizen. That is Panamanian law. And once a Panamanian, always a Panamanian. There is no renouncing Panamanian citizenship.

By the way, Panamanians are thrilled they may get a Panamanian as president of the United States.

I tell them that if he loses, he can come to Panama and run for Panamanian president in May (2009), which he can of course since he is a Panamanian citizen by Panamanian law.

“If this was a problem for McCain, I assure you that the MSM would had been over this a long time ago.”

I could be wrong, but I don’t think either side wants to open this can or worms. Both parties have kept their mouths sealed for obvious reasons.

Man, what a nutty, awful election this has been.

My best regards and thank you again.

[okie01]

There is no renouncing Panamanian citizenship.

At the age of 18, however, McCain did actively opt for U.S. citizenship. At that point, it makes no difference what Panamanian law might be.

McCain IS a "natural-born U.S. citizen".

[justiceseeker93]

That is not an exact copy of the original McCain birth certificate, since it was issued in 1980. Nevertheless, it was issued under the authority of the Panama Canal Commission (note that it is bilingual) not under the auspices of the Republic of Panama (which would almost surely be exclusively in Spanish). Since that was the case, it is reasonable to assume that McCain was born under American, not Panamanian jurisdiction. So if he was born in Panama and not in the Canal Zone, his birth occurred under the jurisdiction of the Canal Zone, which would almost surely place it in a military hospital, i.e., on American soil.

[justiceseeker93]

McCain is considered an American born citizen under American law. It doesn’t make a dime’s worth of difference what the Panamanians may think about this issue.

[TBP]

No, electors for other candidates.

As an elector, you’re sworn like any official to uphold the Constitution. If there is a Constituional question about one of the candidates, you’re impeded in doing the job for which you’re running.

You’ll be hearing more about this quickly, I’m sure. Expedited discovery is needed.

[EternalVigilance]

Your assumptions are inaccurate.