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To: Kenny Bunk
Result. Now, enough people to win an election believe "that born in Hawaii," qualifies one to run for and assume the office of the President.

No man could do this alone. Our elected representatives at every level, our courts at every level, our Media, and our President had to work together to make this happen.

The idea that "born in [a U.S. state] qualifies one to run for and assume the office of President" is not a new idea. It may be an open question, but it's not like the idea is a new idea developed solely so Obama could run for President.

And the constitution itself contains a direct recognition of the subsisting common law principle, in the section which defines the qualification of the President. “No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President,” &c. The only standard which then existed, of a natural born citizen, was the rule of the common law, and no different standard has been adopted since. Suppose a person should be elected President who was native born, but of alien parents, could there be any reasonable doubt that he was eligible under the constitution? I think not. -- Lynch v. Clark (1844)

Under the presidential qualification clause of the Constitution, only “natural-born” citizens are qualified for this highest office. It is clear enough that native-born citizens are eligible and that naturalized citizens are not. -- Charles Gordon, Who Can Be President Of The United States: The Unresolved Enigma, 28 MD L. Rev. 1,1 (1968).

54 posted on 05/01/2011 11:29:42 AM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

Your ideas have merit.

However, our discussions, as interesting and rewarding as they are, do not replace the SCOTUS. Let them tell us what a Natural Born Citizen is. By the admission of various justices, they have had ample opportunity to do so, and have shirked and evaded their Constitutional duty.


94 posted on 05/01/2011 9:21:50 PM PDT by Kenny Bunk (We live in America's "Awkward" Era. Too late to fix the country. To early to start shooting.)
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