Posted on 11/07/2008 8:16:05 PM PST by Smokeyblue
An Open Letter to Barack Obama: (Draft of WTP full-page ad to be published in USA TODAY the week of November 10, 2008)
Are you a Natural Born Citizen of the U.S.?
Are you legally qualified to hold the Office of President?
Dear Mr. Obama:
On October 24, 2008, a federal judge granted your request to dismiss a lawsuit by Citizen Philip Berg, who challenged your qualifications under the “Natural Born Citizen” clause of the U.S. Constitution to legally hold the office of President of the United States of America.
Mr. Berg presented factual evidence to the Court in support of his claim that you are either a citizen of your father’s native Kenya by birth, or that you became a citizen of Indonesia, relinquishing your prior citizenship when you moved there with your mother in 1967.
In your response to the lawsuit, you neither denied Mr. Berg’s claims nor submitted any evidence which would refute his assertions. Instead, you argued that the Court lacked the jurisdiction to determine the question of your legal eligibility because Mr. Berg lacked “standing.”
Astonishingly, the judge agreed, simply saying, “[Mr. Berg] would have us derail the democratic process by invalidating a candidate for whom millions of people voted and underwent excessive vetting during what was one of the most hotly contested presidential primary [sic] in living memory.”
Unfortunately, your response to the legal claim was clearly evasive and strikingly out of character, suggesting you may, in fact, lack a critical Constitutional qualification necessary to assume the Office of President: i.e., that you are not a “natural born” citizen of the United States or one who has relinquished his American citizenship.
Before you can exercise any of the powers of the United States, you must prove that you have fully satisfied each and every eligibility requirement that the Constitution mandates for any individual’s exercise of those powers.
Regardless of the tactics chosen in defending yourself against the Berg lawsuit, significant questions regarding your legal capacity to hold this nation’s highest office have been put forth publicly, and you have failed to directly refute them with documentary evidence that is routinely available to any bona fide, natural born U.S. Citizen.
As one who has ventured into the fray of public service of his own volition, seeking to possess the vast powers of the Office of President, it is not unreasonable to demand that you produce evidence of your citizenship to answer the questions and allay the concerns of the People. Indeed, as the one seeking the office, you are under a moral, legal, and fiduciary duty to proffer such evidence to establish your qualifications as explicitly mandated by Article II of the Constitution.
Should you proceed to assume the office of the President of the United States as anything but a bona fide natural born citizen of the United States that has not relinquished that citizenship, you would be inviting a national disaster, placing our Republic at great risk from untold consequences. For example:
· Neither the Electoral College on December 15, nor the House of Representatives on January 6 would be able to elect you, except as a poseur - a usurper;
· As a usurper, you would be unable to take the required “Oath or Affirmation” of office on January 20 without committing the crime of perjury or false swearing, for being ineligible for the Office of the President you cannot faithfully execute the Office of the President of the United States;
· Your every act in the usurped Office of the President would be a criminal offense as an act under color of law that would subject the People to the deprivation of their constitutional rights, and entitling you to no obedience whatsoever from the People;
· as a usurper acting in the guise of the President you could not function as the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy and of the militia of the several states, as such forces would be under no legal obligation to remain obedient to you;
· No one in any civilian agency in the Executive Branch would be required to obey any of your proclamations, executive orders or directives, as such orders would be legally VOID;
· Your appointment of Ambassadors and Judges to the Supreme Court would be VOID ab initio (i.e., from the beginning), no matter what subsequent actions the Senate might take as well as rendering any such acts by such appointed officials void as well;
· Congress would not be able to pass any new laws because they would not be able to acquire the signature of a bona fide President, rendering all such legislation legally VOID;
· As a usurper, Congress would be unable to remove you from the Office of the President on Impeachment, inviting certain political chaos including a potential for armed conflicts within the General Government or among the States and the People to effect the removal of such a usurper.
As an attorney and sitting U.S. Senator, I’m sure you agree that our Constitution is the cornerstone of our system of governance. It is the very foundation of our system of Law and Order – indeed, it is the supreme law of the land. I’m sure you also agree that its precise language was no accident and cannot be ignored if Individual, unalienable, natural Rights, Freedoms and Liberties are to be protected and preserved.
As our next potential President, you have a high-order obligation to the Constitution (and to those who have fought and died for our Freedom) that extends far beyond that of securing a majority of the votes of the Electoral College. No matter your promises of change and prosperity, your heartfelt intent or the widespread support you have garnered in seeking the highest Office of the Land, the integrity of the Republic and Rule of Law cannot, -- must not -- be put at risk, by allowing a constitutionally unqualified person to sit, as a usurper, in the Office of the President.
No matter the level of practical difficulty, embarrassment or disruption of the nation’s business, we must -- above all -- honor and protect the Constitution and the divine, unalienable, Individual Rights it guarantees, including the Right to a President who is a natural born citizen of the United States of America that has not relinquished his American citizenship. Our nation has endured similar disruptions in the past, and will weather this crisis as well. Indeed, it is both yours and the People’s mutual respect for, and commitment to, the Constitution and Rule of Law that insures the perpetuation of Liberty.
As a long time defender of my state and federal Constitutions, and in consideration of the lack of sufficient evidence needed to establish your credentials as President, I am compelled to lodge this Petition for Redress of Grievances and public challenge to you.
Make no mistake: This issue IS a Constitutional crisis. Although it will not be easy for you, your family or our Republic, you have it within your ability to halt this escalating crisis by either producing the certified documents establishing beyond question your qualifications to hold the Office of President, or by immediately withdrawing yourself from the Electoral College process.
With due respect, I hereby request that you deliver the following documents to Mr. Berg and myself at the National Press Club in Washington, DC at noon on Monday, November 17, 2008:
(a) a certified copy of your “vault” (original long version) birth certificate; (b) certified copies of all reissued and sealed birth certificates in the names Barack Hussein Obama, Barry Soetoro, Barry Obama, Barack Dunham and Barry Dunham; (c) a certified copy of your Certification of Citizenship; (d) a certified copy of your Oath of Allegiance taken upon age of maturity; (e) certified copies of your admission forms for Occidental College, Columbia University and Harvard Law School; and (f) certified copies of any court orders or legal documents changing your name from Barry Soetoro.
In the alternative, in defense of the Constitution, and in honor of the Republic and that for which it stands, please announce before such time your withdrawal from the 2008 Presidential election process.
“In a government of laws, the existence of the government will be imperiled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.” Olmstead v. United States, 277 U.S. 438, 469-471.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in this matter.
Sincerely,
Robert L. Schulz, Founder and Chairman, We The People Foundation for Constitutional Education, Inc.
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The Ayatollah Hussein IS NOT the President elect yet, and may never be. We will see what the Electors decide mid-December about supporting an illegal alien as President of the US. McCain may yet win.
I’m sure this has been posted before but this summary of how grave this issue is summed up very well in this article by By Dr. Edwin Vieira, Jr., Ph.D., J.D.
It was posted on America’s Right. This was posted before the election but it is still valid.
OBAMA MUST STAND UP NOW OR STEP DOWN
http://www.newswithviews.com/Vieira/edwin84.htm
Read the whole thing.
what prevents him from getting docs forged?
But it will bypass the MSM filter as readers will read it. They have a right to know how they have been conned by this SNAKE OIL SALESMAN!
Great first post!
Dr. Vieira’s “OBAMA MUST STANDUP NOW OR STEP DOWN” is quite a read. For me, it put some order into all the chaos I’ve been feeling since the election.
Thanks for your post #1 and your post #42. I am fully convinced the American people and the American sheeple have been had.
Yes, yes it is. More accreditation is required to seek a low level office job than to become the POTUS.
The Constitution of the United States of America states:
Aritcle II, Section 1
No Person [1]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;
neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office [2]who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years,
and been [3]fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
If one cannot not meet these 3 simple qualifications and/or they are ignored, where does that leave a "nation of laws" and the US Constitution?
If the Constitution is no longer valid, then we are no longer a country...a Constitutional Republic.
That being the case no laws or decrees by the government hold any authority.
Oh I think the MSM will pick up the story —
Frankly my dear, I don't give a rat's arse what the Enemedia does or does not do. They have already proven time and time again they are the enemy of the state.
...unless these WTP folks decide that — by God, if he won’t answer, we won’t pay taxes, obey the laws, accept Federal Government regulations, etc...
Works for me! No taxes need be paid, no seat belt or smoking laws need be adhered to, murder is a-ok -- which the K'toons and Uncle Teddy have already proven invalid, setting a precedent.
Will they really go there? Come on — over the supposed issue of a birth certificate?
Supposed issue??? No wonder the country is screwed!
If this is accurate it looks as though he will be required to produce the birth certificate.
If The Supreme Court Decides...?
At this point, Supreme Court Justice David Souter’s Clerk informed Philip J. Berg, the lawyer who brought the case against Obama, that his petition for an injunction to stay the November 4th election was denied, but the Clerk also required the defendants to respond to the Writ of Certiorari (which requires the concurrence of four Justices) by December 1. At that time, Mr. Obama must present to the Court an authentic birth certificate, after which Mr. Berg will respond.
If Obama fails to do that, it is sure to inspire the skepticism of the Justices, who are unaccustomed to being defied. They will have to decide what to do about a president-elect who refuses to prove his natural-born citizenship.
“I can see a unanimous Court (en banc) decertifying the election if Obama refuses to produce his birth certificate,” says Raymond S. Kraft, an attorney and writer. “They cannot do otherwise without abandoning all credibility as guardians of the Constitution. Even the most liberal justices, however loathe they may to do this, still consider themselves guardians of the Constitution. The Court is very jealous of its power - even over presidents, even over presidents-elect.”
http://www.rightsidenews.com/200811072518/editorial/america-the-beautiful.html
“Will they really go there? Come on — over the supposed issue of a birth certificate”?
It is NOT over the issuance of a BC. It is whether a key constitutional provision will be obeyed by an arrogant crypto-Marxist who BY HIS OWN WORDS exhibits contempt for that document and is probably intent on weakening or destroying it. Have you forgotten his lament in the PBS radio interview as to judges not exceeding the constitutional constraints placed upon them by the founders? Just think of the breathtaking hubris and conspiratorial machinations that he is willing to undertake to fraudulently usurp the presidency by concealing his birth record, that he has already demonstrated.
Do you really think that there is ANYTHING that he would not do to retain power if he is willing to ascend to it in such a fraudulent manner???? I believe that this nation has elected a smiley face liberal facist of the first rank, one that will do ANYTHING for power.
“Will they really go there? Come on — over the supposed issue of a birth certificate”?
It is NOT over the issuance of a BC. It is whether a key constitutional provision will be obeyed by an arrogant crypto-Marxist who BY HIS OWN WORDS exhibits contempt for that document and is probably intent on weakening or destroying it. Have you forgotten his lament in the PBS radio interview as to judges not exceeding the constitutional constraints placed upon them by the founders? Just think of the breathtaking hubris and conspiratorial machinations that he is willing to undertake to fraudulently usurp the presidency by concealing his birth record, that he has already demonstrated.
Do you really think that there is ANYTHING that he would not do to retain power if he is willing to ascend to it in such a fraudulent manner???? I believe that this nation has elected a smiley face liberal facist of the first rank, one that will do ANYTHING for power.
Unfortunately, he doesn't. He ordered the defendants to respond to the Writ of Certiorari by December 1. That is all. I don't know where she is getting her last line "At that time, Mr. Obama must present to the Court an authentic birth certificate, after which Mr. Berg will respond. from. They don't have to produce a BC. They just have to reply to the standing argument - that is what the case was dismissed on and if Berg made any arguments concerning judicial error ( I don't know if he did. He should have , considering the last paragraph of the ruling where the judge basically used a political argument instead of a legal one for part of the basis of his decision ) They will probably use the same argument they used in the lower court. Hopefully, this court won't buy it.
I wonder if this is why we are seeing so many stories about him, as if he is already occupying the oval office.
It seems like this site is trying to get people to contact the electors.
http://www.democratic-disaster.com/index.php?topic=2.0
Somebody, somewhere has got to get him (or rather the state of Hawaii - I trust nothing that comes from him) to publicly prove his eligibility.
He has no privacy right about this issue anymore.
I know different states have different rules concerning when the electors meet to cast their votes. Hopefully, there is a governor of a state that has rules where the governor can say no votes can be cast until the credentials of the candidates are presented. The media can’t hide from this if he refuses to present a BC to the electors. However, all of this requires a governor with some guts.
Souter tells Obama to produce the vault copy by December 1, 2008.
Souter said no such thing.
Berg simply filed a petition for a writ of certiorari. All this means is that Berg is claiming that the decisions of the district court and the circuit court saying he lacked standing to bring his lawsuit in the first place was incorrect and is asking the Supreme Court to send it back to the lower court for review.
The plaintiffs will simply respond by giving their arguments as to why the Supreme Court should not grant the cert. No birth certificate is required. This has absolutely nothing to do with evidence. It only has to do with whether or not Berg has standing and whether the lower courts' decision was wrong.
The Supreme Court is only being asked to rule on Berg's standing. Nothing else. And Obama's birth certificate has absolutely nothing to do with Berg's standing.
And Berg is a Democrat.
“The Constitution is all we have. We have nothing without it.”
You are so correct!
I have to wonder, if Obama’s grandmother said he was born in Kenya, it seems he must have been.
Here’s a link on that, and Berg is mentioned:
http://www.thedailyconservative.net/2008/10/14/barack-was-born-in-kenya-says-grandmother/
Great first post!
I would also request all of the hospital records associated with his birth. It's never even been made clear which hospital that he was supposedly born in.
You all must be Absorbed....Resistance is FUTULE!
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