Wow, a shotgun blast in the first sentence. One or two parents, that is the question.
"In September 2008, Lawrence B. Solum, the John E. Cribbet Professor of Law at the University of Illinois College of Law, published an article in the Michigan Law Review entitled “Originalism and the Natural Born Citizen Clause”, which stated:
“What was the original public meaning of the phrase that establishes the eligibility for the office of President of the United States? There is general agreement on the core of its meaning. Anyone born on American soil whose parents (plural) are citizens of the United States is a natural born citizen.”
Despite the intentional distortions continuously disgorged by the MSM and the willful ignorance displayed by the political elites, there is no ambiguity. Obama is not eligible for the Presidency.
The whole birther movement will now demand a determination by SCOTUS on the intended definition of Natural Born Citizen. Hey Newsweek, we're all NBCers now! Hello SCOTUS, can you hear us now? Hello? Are you there? Anyone?
As fellow FReeper Beckwith put it: "Substitute any non-citizen father for Obama Sr. on the long-form. For instance, try Hitler, Sadam, Soros or Bin Ladin. No way did the framers intend this to even be a possibility! Sorry Barry you're still ineligible."
