Posted on 02/21/2012 6:38:28 PM PST by writer33
Phoenix (CNN) Joe Arpaio, the sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, briefed GOP contender Rick Santorum on his investigation into President Barack Obama's birth certificate, the controversial law enforcement official told reporters Tuesday.
After a speech to a Republican gathering in Phoenix where Santorum appeared earlier in the day, Arpaio explained he wanted to inform the candidate of his investigation "as a matter of fairness in case he wouldn't want me to support him."
Arpaio said he plans to endorse one of the four remaining GOP candidates in the coming weeks. But the sheriff added he would not make his choice known before he announces the findings of his birth certificate probe at a news conference set for March 1st. This endorsement would be his second in the race; in November 2011, he endorsed then-candidate Rick Perry.
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You ask stupid, convoluted questions.
You are not an expert.
You are not a teacher.
I refuse to accept your silly premises.
There are two forms of Citizenship in this country:
Natural Born
Naturalized
You are not an expert.
I never claimed to be one.
You are not a teacher.
All men are teachers.
I refuse to accept your silly premises.
You refuse to accept a simple truth.
You are not an expert.
I don't need to be one with you.
You are not a teacher.
You're unteachable.
I refuse to accept your silly premises.
Shattering your illusions isn't my concern.
Which replies do you prefer?
This is false. If he becomes a citizen at birth solely through the operation of a statute, he is a naturalized citizen. Congress may only pass statutes to naturalize people, and may not redefine what is a natural born citizen.
Hope this helps.
You have no authority for your stated position.
No one in any position of authority agrees with your position.
To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;Note that it doesn't specify the broader category of "Citizenship", only "Naturalization". Congress only has the authority to pass legislation on Naturalization.
Nobody with any authority has ever agreed with you on this matter.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.Please cite any authority that can make a convincing argument that congress has any authority over citizenship other than Naturalization (contradicting the plain language of the Constitution) and I'll reconsider my position.
That would be enough for most reasonable people.
Also, the fact is, Congress HAS made laws concerning birthright citizenship, probably dozens of times since our founding.
Just one example of the numerous times Congress has passed laws concerning CITIZENSHIP AT BIRTH!:
You are wrong.
History proves you wrong.
No Court and no Member of Congress has ever supported your warped view.
I am arguing from the Constitution, which means I have the pro-American position.
Nice try.
You fail!
The ENTIRE POINT is AUTHORITY, that it what LAW is all about.
You have NO authority on your side.
So?
YOU LOST!
NOBODY, absolutely NOBODY in history, since the Founding of our country, agrees with you.
Actual practice of our Congress disagrees with you.
Precedent is important in law, and precedent is on MY side, not yours.
In fact, NOBODY and NOTHING is on your side, at all!
Those are rules of naturalization, as per the Constitution.
Except for John Jay and George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, among others.
Actual practice of our Congress disagrees with you.
This is false. See post above. You should stop repeating this lie now that you have been corrected.
Precedent is important in law
My precedent is the Constitution.
on MY side,
On your "side" is Obama and the Communists and the British.
Now, A person or Court could have said that, prior to Congressional action, but now we DO have Congressioal Action on the subject of Citizenship.
Quite a bit of action, in fact.
Just like Madison, Father of the Constitution, stated clearly that we needed!
No not conflate your small band of Vattel-radical birthers to be the “Constitutional Experts.”
You aren't.
The vast majority of Conservatives disagree with you.
Wrong.
We have only two forms of Citizenship:
Citizenship at birth = Natural Born
And
Naturalized.
That is IT!
Why would you spread such pernicious anti-American falsehoods?
Huh?
You claim to speak for what is “American” yet you have nobody in authority who agrees with you?
You claim to speak for the “original intent” of our founders, yet you can not quote a single founder who did not believe Congress had the right and duty to define ALL forms of citizenship.
Why do you work so hard to undermine the Constitution? Is it anti-American intent or just low intelligence on your part?
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