I am putting out a plea. Can two constituitanal lawyers please, please post plain, commonsense arguments to both sides of this issue. I would appreciate seeing it as a separate post, and in a format that could be presented to local newspapers. A brief history would also be helpful.
This seems to be a huge issue, but only because Obama refuses to release his birth certificate.
As a matter of course, all parties should submit their birth certificates - including Sarah Palin and Joe Biden... John McCain has already presented his.
I am not super good on a computer, but I would cut an paste both sides of this argument and submit them to my local newspaper.
Perhaps we can eliminate all the messy court cases, congress, etc. and just submit a thoughtful contrast of the facts to every local paper in the country and let the voters decide. Many local papers will post the two sides of a debate - I would love to see this.
Sorry if this has already been suggested or done.
Actually, Schreiber’s website does the best job by far of doing just what you want. It’s the site from whence this posting originated—see link at top.
I totally agree. ALL CANDIDATES must provide their hard copies of birth certificates and post for the public. After all, there are only 2 Constitutional requirements for President and Vice-President: age and birth. These should be proven at the start of an election. You can be a Senator/Legislator (state and federal) or a Governor and not be natural born. We take for granted that these people are qualified for President or Vice President simply because they have already been holding an office.
(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; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.)
Your idea is a good one, but the newspapers by and large, with the exception of IBD, Wall St. Journal, and a few others, are really and truly not interested in the truth.