Posted on 12/01/2008 12:52:16 PM PST by jeffo
Well, I had written to Senator Martinez ("R"-Florida) about the citizenship issue before the election. Today I got this mind-boggling response:
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Thank you for contacting me regarding President-Elect Obama's citizenship. I appreciate hearing from you and would like to respond to your concerns.
Like you, I believe that our federal government has the responsibility to make certain that the Constitution of the United States is not compromised. We must fight to uphold our Constitution through our courts and political processes.
Article II of the Constitution provides that "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." The Constitution, however, does not specify how that qualification for office is to be enforced. As you may know, a voter recently raised this issue before a federal court in Pennsylvania. On October 24, 2008, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania released an order in the case of Berg v.Obama.In that case, the plaintiff, Phillip Berg, raised the same issue that your letter raises regarding proof of the President-Elect's birthplace. Through his lawsuit, Mr. Berg sought to compel President-Elect Obama to produce a certified copy of his birth certificate.
The District Court dismissed Mr. Berg's suit and held that the question of Obama's citizenship is not a matter for a court to decide. The court further noted that voters, not courts, should decide whether a particular presidential candidate is qualified to hold office.
Presidential candidates are vetted by voters at least twice - first in the primary elections and again in the general election. President-Elect Obama won the Democratic Party's nomination after one of the most fiercely contested presidential primaries in American history. And, he has now been duly elected by the majority of voters in the United States. Throughout both the primary and general election, concerns about Mr. Obama's birthplace were raised. The voters have made clear their view that Mr. Obama meets the qualifications to hold the office of President.
After he is sworn into office, Mr. Obama will be our nation's President and I intend to bestow upon him the honor and respect due any man who holds that Office. Yet, I am certain that there will be times when I will disagree and oppose President Obama's policies. When that happens, you can be assured that I will pursue vigorously what I believe to be in the best interest of Florida and the nation.
I thank you for sharing your views with me and will keep your concerns in mind. If you have additional questions or comments, please contact me. For more information about issues and activities important to Florida, please sign up for my weekly newsletter at http://martinez.senate.gov.
Sincerely,
Mel Martinez United States Senator
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OK, so the fact that he won the election makes him qualified. Amazing
Martinez just exposed himself as a leftist thinker -
he values the outcomes more than the rules/laws/process.
Ping... take a look at how Sen. Mel Martinez interprets the Constitution.
OMG is right.
I sent your thread to Drudge.
You mean like Obama's grandmother who:
1) he didn't take time out to see when he vacationed in Hawaii but
2) he made a special trip to see in the last few days before the election even though she'd been out of the hospital for weeks and was doing better but then
3) passed away but hasn't had a funeral yet.
Yeah, somebody like that.
Do any of those folks in Washington even know, or care, what the Constitution says? What I can't get over is the willingness of the GOP pols to "not make waves".
YEP! He actuallly had this pile of crap acting or being The Chairman of The RNC!!!(if I remember correctly:-))Its Time to take back Our Party from the Casper Milqtoasts!
GOD BLESS SARAH PALIN today drawing Audiences in the Thousands for Saxby in Georgia!! and May GOD BLESS US EVERYDAY!
So all we have to do is pretend that the Constitutional requirements have been met, then they have? How NICE! I'm going to pretend that I have taxation powers. Where's George Soros' accountant?
Okay, then. Some 12 year old could run for President and be voted by the majority as their choice and “qualified”?
Qualified and voted by the majority are two seperate issues.
There must someone or entity that is charged with determining a candidates qualifications and upon proof of their authenticity allowed to proceed with the electorate.
Wow the GOP is hitting rock bottom these days. Good Lord.
It’s the democrat party that is responsible for vetting their candidates as to eligibility or not.
As for the argument that “the voters have spoken”, the voters were given few choices and assumed that the parties would present eligible candidates.
Write him back an inform or reinform him of the law. Ask him who specifically verifies his eligibility and how to get in contact with that person. Don’t let him think you letting him off the hook.
Ummmmmmmm by not letting him hold the office if he is not eligible?Unfortunately, the USC doe not clearly define whom will enforce eligibility. The Founders assumed an educated electorate.
Saracuda is the only reason I have yet to re-register as an independent.
If the party screws her I will be gone looking for a new REAL CONSERVATIVE party.
Dem lite just won’t cut it in my book. Hell do you want folks to think of you in terms of Spector of Martinez or F-ing Lindsey Graham?
What pieces of garbage.
Jesus wept!
I remember freepers speaking glowing of "true conservative" Martinez and arguing that any of us who did not support him in the primary must be Democrat plants.
It used to be the FEC, but that whole not taking public funding sidestepped that little procedure.
Yea! All are wimps without spines or moral courage!
Say what one wants aout Bugeyes Piglousy, or Dinghy Harry Reid, but they stand out there yelling and screaming and making Jerks of themselves, but then at least you know where the Bassholes stand and where they are going! and the Stupid Voters vote for them again and again!:-(
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