The law at the time he was born may have stipulated that the mother needed to be at least 16, with 10 years residing in the US, and at least five of those having been immediately before the child's birth in order for the child to be considered "natural-born".
Obama's mother was 18 when she had him, and had been living in Kenya. Therefore, he may not have qualified because of her whereabouts in the five years before his birth.
A technicality for sure...but may be a part of the law. And that is a law the founders put in place to protect America from exactly (IMHO) this kind of candidate.
That's because Barack Hussein Obama is the apex of the hate-America, domestic enemy in this country. His election as president would be the greatest coup any enemy has ever scored against this country and could easily lead to the worst, horrific disaster in our nation's history.
The law to which you refer is only to be applied for folks born to an American parent OUTSIDE the United States.
Persons born in the United States are natural born citizens, EVEN IF their parents are not US citizens. This is the problem with the whole “anchor baby” thing with illegal immigrants.
The exception would be children born to foreign diplomatic personnel, who are, by treaty, immune to prosecution under our laws, in other words, not subject to our laws.
sitetest
Interesting.
My brother was a missionary in the 50s. The family had to come back to the US every 5 yrs. to renew their citizenship. Or perhaps it was because his wife was naturalized, I don't know.
The reason your argument doesn’t hold is that he was born in the USA, not abroad. All those rules are for children born abroad. Hawaii was given statehood in 1959. Barry was born in 1961. Therefore he is a citizen twice over: under current interpretation, merely by location of birth, and by all other intrepretations by the fact of having been born in the USA to a citizen mother. That has always been “good enough” to get you American citizenship.
The only way this could play out would be if he was actually born two years earlier (prior to statehood) (very unlikely, who lies about their birthday their whole life), or was not born in the USA but somewhere else. (also totally unlikely)
“Obama’s mother was 18 when she had him, and had been living in Kenya. Therefore, he may not have qualified because of her whereabouts in the five years before his birth.
A technicality for sure...but may be a part of the law. And that is a law the founders put in place to protect America from exactly (IMHO) this kind of candidate.
That’s because Barack Hussein Obama is the apex of the hate-America, domestic enemy in this country. His election as president would be the greatest coup any enemy has ever scored against this country and could easily lead to the worst, horrific disaster in our nation’s history.”
Fine post, Jeff.
THIS is the bombshell that has the power to sink Obama’s ship.
Has Rush gotten ahold of this information yet?
This MUST get the widest dissemination possible. The mainstream media WILL NOT TOUCH this until they have no other choice.
Whether by technicality or not, Obama is not Constitutionally qualifed to become president of the United States.
Playing devil’s advocate:
If he does escape this, and gets elected, could he at some point be removed from office for the same reason? By Congress? Or by a “Seven Days In May” scenario?
- John
I’ve looked on google, and I can’t find anything anywhere that says that obama’s mother lived in Kenya. Do you have more information on that? I’ve never heard this before. Thanks.