We can carpet bomb that bridge when we come to it.
But I am not concerned.
The “birther” thing is so Alex Jones out there......
You probably don't even believe it.
Fear not.
Think of the fun we can have.
Jedi.
“Think of the fun we can have”
While I appreciate the lighter side of things, I cannot and will not do anything that will further erode or flat destroy one of the greatest protections left to us by the founders.
That being said, I do appreciate you not trying to berrate me over my foundational views on this matter. And since you are so accommodating maybe you could tell me your position on natural born.
Do one, both, or none of the parents need to be American citizens at time if birth? Does the child need to be born on American soil?
It’s not Alex Jones birther stuff, its discussed by state legislatures in multiple states. Around a dozen or more individual state legislatures have bills (republican sponsored) in various stages of the process to stop Americans born on foreign soil from appearing on the POTUS or VP ballots in their state. Here’s one from Ted’s home state of Texas. It had 3 (R) sponsors and 21 (R) cosponsors:
A Texas state representative, Leo Berman, introduced a bill in the legislature which would amend the state’s election code such that candidates for president and vice president would be required to submit their original birth certificates to the TX SoS in order to have their names placed on the ballot. If adopted, HB 295 would have take effect on September 1, 2011.
Like the Texas bill, nearly all but one of these eligibility bills are just lingering in state capitols. Most were written in 2011 to force ‘44 to cough up an authentic American/Hawaiian BC which would need to be presented to the SoS before he was slated.
Note: Any state with a democrat legislature could effectively bypass the judicial system and give their ole 2011 bill a yea vote in the early fall. If Cruz was the nominee, Ted would need to sue the state to get his name on to the state ballot. According to officials with the National Conference of State Legislatures, 10 states already have some sort of eligibility-proof requirement plan.
There is Arizona’s HB2544, Connecticut’s SB391, Georgia’s HB37, Indiana’s SB114, Maine’s LD34, Missouri’s HB283, Montana’s HB205, Nebraska’s LB654, Oklahoma’s SB91, SB384 and SB540, and Texas; HB295 and HB529. Other plans were considered in SC NC MN ME .
The NCLS said New Hampshire last year adopted HB1245, but it requires only a statement under penalty of perjury that a candidate meets the qualification requirements of the U.S. Constitution, which is something similar to what the political parties already state regarding their candidates.