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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I believe it also applies to the Vice President.
But doesn't the Constitution have a clause about having a fax of a copy of a newspaper birth announcement?
Hey, Snopes said there’s nothing to all this/sarc
LOL
Are you sure about both the parents?
By this definition neither candidate was a natural born citizen. Nor is Bobby Jindal.
Well it’s been “Twittered to death”.
People should pay attention to this COLB issue. It might be the only way to get rid of him. However, if Sheriff Joe takes over, he’d probably have a stroke in the first week from the excitement. Then someone would most likely choke Nancy in her sleep. Followed by Hillary. She’s actually looking pretty good right now.
Interesting. Henry Kissinger was Secretary of State, so he would normally be in the line of succession to be President.
But Kissinger was foreign born.
No, the real bc should do it. However, there’s lots of $$$$ being used to keep it sealed so until the Supremes stop throwing the case in the trash we are stuck with him.
PING
The Twelfth Amendment says no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
Article II.1.5 says No Person except a natural born Citizen [...] shall be eligible to the Office of President;
Sounds like Kissinger would NOT have been eligible.
and bump!
Thank for doing the research Izzy Dunne.
Let 0dumbo go back to Kenya or Indonesia or wherever.
If Obama is found ineligible, then Biden is ineligible too.
If the Obama electoral ticket was invalid then Biden is no more President than I am.
Which means he would have been passed over in the line of succession had it ever gotten that far. After the President pro tem of the Senate would have come the Secretary of the Treasury.
The ticket would not be invalidated. Obama may be found ineligible but Biden is. Should that happen then Biden would be president. Just as if Obama had died or been impeached.
Its not going anywhere.
If, today, someone PROVED Obama was born in Kenya, was a citizen of Indonesia, etc., by tomorrow Congress would passed something to enable Obama to be President.
And most of the idiot ‘Pubbies would have voted for it.
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