Recognizing that John Sidney McCain, III, is a natural born citizen.
Whereas the Constitution of the United States requires that, to be eligible for the Office of the President, a person must be a `natural born Citizen' of the United States;
Whereas the term `natural born Citizen', as that term appears in Article II, Section 1, is not defined in the Constitution of the United States;
Whereas there is no evidence of the intention of the Framers or any Congress to limit the constitutional rights of children born to Americans serving in the military nor to prevent those children from serving as their country's President;
Whereas such limitations would be inconsistent with the purpose and intent of the `natural born Citizen' clause of the Constitution of the United States, as evidenced by the First Congress's own statute defining the term `natural born Citizen';
Whereas the well-being of all citizens of the United States is preserved and enhanced by the men and women who are assigned to serve our country outside of our national borders;
Whereas previous presidential candidates were born outside of the United States of America and were understood to be eligible to be President; and
Whereas John Sidney McCain, III, was born to American citizens on an American military base in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That John Sidney McCain, III, is a `natural born Citizen' under Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution of the United States.
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The bolded clause is language that is reported to have been inserted at the behest of Obama.
Also, an additional clause, which it is reported McCaskill and Obama attempted to remove states:
“and Whereas John Sidney McCain, III, was born to American citizens on an American military base in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936:”
McCaskill and Obama were clearly attempting to slide in a blanket Resolution covering all foreign born candidates.
John McCain undetermined whether Natural Born citizen
http://www.snopes.com/politics/mccain/citizen.asp
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract-id=1157621"
This opened up a "don't go there" big can of worms at the time of the runoff.
Then it comes down to what is good for the country...domestic tranquility. The chaos it would cause.
President Gerald Ford stunned the nation by granting his predecessor, Richard Nixon, a preemptive blanket pardon for all of his White House crimes. He did so, Ford said, for the good of the country: "My conscience tells me it is my duty, not merely to proclaim domestic tranquility but to use every means that I have to insure it."
But I have been told above I am off subject so will not respond further.
Thanks
Where’s the Senate Resolution for Obama being a natural born citizen?
I guess the one line still stands as part of the resolution. Without the other Obama is not covered. Is that the point?
Interesting, thanks for finding the information and reminding me of the “forgotten facts”. I hate getting old sometimes!
That’s more than enough evidence for me to believe Obama was born outside the US when you combine it with his behavior to hide his past.
I personally e-mailed Orly about 4 months ago concerning Resolution 511. She replied stating that it cannot supersede the Constitution. Three things: 1) This language serves to actually incriminate Obama, because is says “John McCain....born to U.S. citizens”. (PLURAL !) The question is why would the Demon-cratic party allow the word ‘citizens’ to be plural knowing that only ONE of BO’s parents was a U.S. citizen ? It would be a self-defeating Resolution ! 2) “Natural Born Citizen” is not defined in the Constitution. However, did the Law Of Nations (ratified in 1789) adequately define this phrase ? 3) Was there a previous “foreign born” Amercian president as this implies ? If so, is that the one that Donofrio researched and found to be guilty of perjury ?