This is right when 0 was ascending to kingship, just before he delivered the keynote at the RAT convention. Who the hell
did Hatch have in mind?
Somehow, while we states are winning the 10th Amendment fight, we’ve got to clarify the Natural Born clause for our secretaries of State with it before ‘12.
His old colleague John McCain, no doubt. But, the timing is interesting, coinciding with the ascension of Obama, as you note.
Can we honestly say that 1/3 of the states have enough state legislators who, for one, actually understand the Constitutinal eligibility requirements for the office of President, and, two, are committed to preserving original intent, since it has never been challenged or amended?
I've been saying for the past several days, that an amendment isn't possible, due to Constitutional supremacy over the judicial, in matters pertaining to the judicial, as per Marbury v. Madison, and that Congress is Constitutionally limited as well, with powers enumerated over immigration and naturalization only.
And, looking to Article V, no amendment can deprive even one other state, of its equal suffrage, so even going the states route does not appear, to me, to be tenable, provided that any state objects to such an amendment.