Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Senator: Eligibility is up to the voters Implies that constitutional demands can be bypassed
WND ^ | 10:15 pm March 04, 2009 | Bob Unruh

Posted on 03/04/2009 7:29:10 PM PST by Red Steel

A U.S. senator has suggested that voters have made Barack Obama eligible to occupy the Oval Office, whether or not he meets the constitutional mandate of being a "natural born" citizen.

The comments from Sen. Mel Martinez came in an e-mail sent to a constituent shortly after the election, which just now was forwarded to WND.

The constituent had asked about Martinez's perspective on the issue on which WND and others have reported: claims made by dozens of lawsuits around the country that Obama might not meet the constitutional qualification for various reasons.

"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," Martinez responded.

"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," he wrote.

Multiple WND calls to Martinez's offices in Washington and Florida today asking for comment did not generate a response from the senator.

But he admitted the "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."

He cited the constitutional provision requiring a president be "natural born."

But Martinez noted the Constitution does not provide for an enforcement mechanism, and he cited a federal court opinion that a taxpayer and voter in Pennsylvania didn't have standing to force Obama to provide documentation of his eligibility.

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: 111th; barackobama; birthcertificate; certifigate; citizen; citizenship; colb; martinez; melmartinez; naturalborn; naturalborncitizen; obama; tinfoil; youremakinguslookbad
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-64 next last
To: Red Steel; LucyT; BonRad
So, if I am an illegal immigrant and Walmart hires me as a stock boy, once the HR manager tells me the operations manager says hire me, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement cannot touch me, right?


21 posted on 03/04/2009 7:44:49 PM PST by IrishPennant
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sequoyah101
I don’t care if he is an "R".

And we know what that stands for where Mel is concerned.


22 posted on 03/04/2009 7:45:46 PM PST by Iron Munro (Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: IrishPennant

That seems to be what this idiot senator is saying.


23 posted on 03/04/2009 7:46:46 PM PST by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: Red Steel

Now we’re talkin’ Impeachment.


24 posted on 03/04/2009 7:47:17 PM PST by Rudder (The Main Stream Media is Our Enemy---get used to it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: cripplecreek
UFB...If it comes to light that folks inside the beltway knew this (as we knew they did) this could get uglier then just a little civil unrest. This could be an entire ousting of our representatives.

Fat ba$tards are living large while the rest of Rome burns under Zer0's fiddle playing with his marxist strings.

25 posted on 03/04/2009 7:53:05 PM PST by IrishPennant
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: Hoosier-Daddy
Now, we’re starting to admit there is a problem,

But this is not Friday afternoon.....

Me thinks you are right.....why would a flunky Senator say this about the Chosen One......

1) Death wish.

2) Start the spin cycle of diffussion.....something else (more) is coming out....

26 posted on 03/04/2009 8:06:22 PM PST by LasVegasMac (Islam: Bringing the world death and destruction for 1400 years!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Red Steel

So if 150 million ARMED citizens vote that Obama is an usurper we can get his butt tossed out on the street?


27 posted on 03/04/2009 8:09:00 PM PST by Eye of Unk (How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words! SA)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: cripplecreek
The constitution is the supreme law of the land and can’t even be overridden by the will of the voters without a long process of changing it.

Or a couple of decisions by activist judges at the Fed and SC level.

Forget about that?

28 posted on 03/04/2009 8:09:26 PM PST by LasVegasMac (Islam: Bringing the world death and destruction for 1400 years!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: Red Steel

Oh, it’s Mel ... pro’ly thinks he has a shot so why not? If it came from a senior RAT Senator then we’d be close to a tacit admission that there’s there there.


29 posted on 03/04/2009 8:20:21 PM PST by NonValueAdded (May God save America from its government; this is no time for Obamateurs. Emmanuel = Haldeman?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: DTogo

yes, that is 100% correct. they cant stop everyone.


30 posted on 03/04/2009 8:21:45 PM PST by wafflehouse (RE-ELECT NO ONE !)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Red Steel
A fraud by the Obama campaign would nullify the outcome of the election. It would render the election invalid.

His rationale is greatly flawed.

31 posted on 03/04/2009 8:22:51 PM PST by Know et al (Everything I know I read in the newspaper and that's the reason for my ignorance: Will Rogers)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Red Steel

Constitution....we don’t need no stinkin’ Constitution....!


32 posted on 03/04/2009 8:23:33 PM PST by Don Corleone (Leave the gun..take the cannoli now reads "Oil the gun..eat the cannolis.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Red Steel

The voters spoke, but they voted for him under false pretenses! They assumed he was qualified...and may not have voted for him if they had known the truth. That begs the question...and is not an excuse!


33 posted on 03/04/2009 8:25:47 PM PST by LiteKeeper (Beware of socialism in America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Red Steel

Mel Martinez (R-Mexico)


34 posted on 03/04/2009 8:26:41 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Barack Obama: in your guts, you know he's nuts!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Red Steel
So if George Bush won as a write-in candidate, that would have been okay? Bill Clinton? Any two-term president who is termed out? We'd just give them a third term anyway?

What about the clause that lets each chamber of Congress set their own rules? Can we vote to change those rules?

-PJ

35 posted on 03/04/2009 8:29:16 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (You can never overestimate the Democrats' ability to overplay their hand.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Red Steel

I guess there’s “no controlling legal authority” for enforcement of the Constitution. Or maybe as Mel says it’s just “We the Sheeple”


36 posted on 03/04/2009 8:32:42 PM PST by JGA2Z (give me Liberty or give me death)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Red Steel

So Martinez is a booger eating moron. By that standard, if a majority of people in the country decided that slavery was good, then it would override the Constitutional amendments that outlawed it.

He ought to be impeached, or a recall should be started. When you’re that stupid, you don’t belong in an elected office. Then again, we’d lose at least 50% of the current crop of congress-critters, starting with Jackson-Lee.

Mark


37 posted on 03/04/2009 8:32:53 PM PST by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Red Steel

Is he retarded?


38 posted on 03/04/2009 8:33:42 PM PST by CheneyChick
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Red Steel
But Martinez noted the Constitution does not provide for an enforcement mechanism

I believe that there is a mechanism.

The wordings of the current oath of enlistment and oath for commissioned officers are as follows:

"I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God." (Title 10, US Code; Act of 5 May 1960 replacing the wording first adopted in 1789, with amendment effective 5 October 1962).

"I, _____ (SSAN), having been appointed an officer in the Army of the United States, as indicated above in the grade of _____ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter; So help me God." (DA Form 71, 1 August 1959, for officers.)

39 posted on 03/04/2009 8:35:49 PM PST by BulletBobCo
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Red Steel

Actually, it is Nancy Pelosi’s fault.

She sent out the Official Certification of Nomination to the Secretary of State in each of the 50 states and sent the name of an unqualified nominee according to the United States Constitution.


40 posted on 03/04/2009 8:36:05 PM PST by CheneyChick
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-64 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson