Well if wnd is being sensational they should cut it out.
I don’t have a lot of spare time today so can’t really dig more right now but I want to know when this rule was made and why, it doesn’t make sense that they would allow someone to run who is ultimately not eligible.
Adbul Hassan’s goal is to remove the natural born requirement.
Mr. Hassan asked first if he would be considered a “candidate” or “person” under the Act’s definitions of those terms. The Act defines “candidate” as “an individual who seeks nomination for election, or election, to Federal office.” An individual becomes a candidate for purposes of the Act when he or she receives contributions or makes expenditures aggregating in excess of $5,000. 2 U.S.C. §431(2); 11 CFR 100.3.
The Act and FEC regulations do not address a candidate’s citizenship or any other qualifications for office. As a result, the above definition of candidate does not turn on whether the individual in question is a natural born citizen or a naturalized citizen, as long as the person meets the other criteria for the Act’s definition of candidate.
Basically, the FEC was working within the limitations forced on it by legislation - something that should be applauded in a regulatory agency.
Where the FEC by statute was allowed discretion to evaluate eligibility for office, regarding matching funds, they clearly found Hassan ineligible.
Do we really want the FEC stepping outside its legislated boundaries for our own agenda?
And if folks take a moment, there is an interesting tidbit to contemplate here. Obama refused matching funds. Ostensibly that was so he could raise more funds. However, it appears the FEC does have the statuatory power to render a decision on elibility to be president in order to receive matching funds, and will rule to the contrary if the evidence is in order. This means Obama would have had to submit evidence that he was a natural born citizen had he taken the matching-funds route.
Take what you will from that.
If it weren't for sensationalism, WND (or as I'm going to start calling it: Farah's Folly) would have shut down years ago.