Posted on 07/29/2009 9:31:48 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
Indeed we must.
You state, "the military has to be held to a different standard".
That standard is, and always has been, the Constitution of the United States. The Courts have made clear that no part of the Constitution may be found to have no effect. Our Founders included various things because our Founders decided that such things were sufficiently important to include.
Our military has no duty whatever to obey the orders of a "Commander-in-Chief" who is not eligible to hold that office. The reason for the eligibility requirement is to protect the interests of the people of the United States. That interest is further protected by the military refusing to follow the orders of anyone ineligible to command.
The lack of an "official definition" does not reduce the applicability of the eligibility requirement. The Courts have the power to clarify the meaning of the requirement and will do so when presented with a case. The only way to get the case is for those who are unconvinced to challenge their orders.
Those military who sincerely doubt Obama's eligibility are duty bound to challenge his orders. Our military should not have been put into the position of having doubts.
NJP [Non-Judicial Punishment] is punishment which a soldier accepts rather than demand a court-martial. There is no requirement to accept such punishment. One might question why Cook was not court-martialed for refusing a lawful order.
George Washington was compelled to punish recruits who attempted to leave service prior to the end of their enlistments. The fact that they volunteered for such enlistments in no way protected them from such punishment.
Similarly, though Cook volunteered for service, once he was issued ORDERS, he was required by military law to obey them if they were lawful.
Cheney was correct about the electoral votes. You know darn well what I’m talking about. The rats failed to vet Obama, and then they threatened riots if he didn’t win, let alone wasn’t qualified. Trying to foist the blame to Cheney?
“The momentum should not be lost but the thrust now should be to portray Barack Obama not as a counterfeit Natural Born Citizen but as a mountebank with a shadowy history which he refuses to illuminate by releasing records of his birth, his passports, his transcripts, his employment and practice.”
In other words, we should stick with the truth? You’re on the right track. There’s no need to get caught up in the speculation trap. The facts are damning enough.
Stars and Stripes spin. Wow did it go left.
How about the 50 SoS, or the electoral college???
Yeah, so?
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