Posted on 03/25/2009 4:19:49 AM PDT by AJMCQ
The words “natural born” are depicted in fact. The word “Citizenship” relates to a legal status. “Citizen” when used alone is defined within the US constitution in Amendment XIV to describe what persons would fall into the category of US Citizenship. There also are several points of reference describing US citizenship including USC Title 8 and precedent setting cases (US v. Wong Kim Ark and Perkins v Elg). Meanwhile there are no laws or precedents existing to describe those who may or may not be a “natural born Citizen”. This is most likely because “natural born citizen” is not a legal status. It is a statement of fact. The other reason is because this unique qualification only applies to the President of the United States. To the best of my knowledge, there are no other distinctions between a “citizen” (natural, native, naturalized, or other) and a natural born Citizen. The qualifier “natural born” means that one’s “Citizenship” is absent of ambiguity – meaning both of your parents were US citizens & you were born on US soil. According to the writings of the framers of the constitution, this qualifier was put in to avoid any loyalties to any other country and at the time in particular, England. Provisions were put in to allow those who were Citizens at the time of the signing to become President.
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Congress cannot amend the Constitution.
It would be as convoluted as the tax code if they could...
The VP simply must meet all the same eligibility criteria as the President (and be from a different state).
It’s going to be a busy day, folks.
The 1st amendment says “Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech...” but there is CFR.
The 2nd Amendment says “...shall not be be infringed” but there are Federal gun control laws.
The 5th Amendment says “No person shall be... deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.” but we have RICO and Imminent Domain and various perversions of wildlife and wetlands protection acts. Not to mention abortion.
Seems to me there is plenty of precedent for bypassing the Constitution through few carefully worded laws.
As AJMCO noted, "This is not going to go away Mr. Soetoro!"
Proud to be a long time birther in the Rebirth of Birthers!
If the Obama electoral ticket was invalid then Biden is no more President than I am.
That is what I've been hearing constitutional experts saying, and all the laws he's signed would be invalid too.
Your name truly fits your argument. Neither McCain or Jindal are the President, your point is moot.
Nice try
There is that...
The author is an idiot.
Natural born citizen means simply this...
By the natural act of being born, one had U.S. citizenship.
A natural born citizen is thus one who did not need a “naturalization” process to become a citizen, as by the natural act of being born they are a citizen.
>>> so until the Supremes stop throwing the case in the trash
The Supremes didn’t. Their CLERKS did.
http://defendourfreedoms.org/Dossier3.htm
Someone who spells could help with the dossier. Tempering (what one does to chocolate or steel) vs tampering (interfering in a harmful way) and brake (a device for stopping a vehicle) vs break (smash).
I know it is pickayune stuff, but it makes the document look like it was filed by someone who is uneducated.
Bring it on!!!
Proud to be a ‘birther’. ;-)
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Good point. President Pelosi - be scared, be very scared!
They aren’t throwing it in the trash, a clerk or clerks never passed it along to them. Bad clerk! Apparently being rectified now. It’s been discussed the last few days on a lot of threads. Here’s one link:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2214150/posts
Justice, Supremes confirm getting eligibility challenge
High fivin’ ya, Grampa Dave! hee hee -
You're correct, but logic will not hold back this tide of irrationality.
McCain was born on a military base which is considered to be US soil.
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