On other BC threads, I've read where some think obama couldn't be made to produce his BC on the grounds that he might incriminate himself. How interesting. What crimes would he be incriminating himself of?
Moreover, if it isn't a big deal, but rather a mere distraction, then why all the deception? Why not just produce the document, the school records, etc. just like other past Presidents and Presidential candidates have done? People who act like they are hiding something always distract me and are the last I'd want to be POTUS.
By the standards, and by the legal meaning of the British lawyers who wrote our Constitution, Barack Hussein Obamba is not a "Natural Born Citizen," OK? Plain enough? There is no way the guy is constitutionally eligible to be President.
So what?
The framers never imagined a situation like this, (African Muslim what?) so there is no enforcement mechanism, not even a verification mechanism. Which is why the SCOTUS stayed out of it.
Not a power listed in the Constitution? OK, then. That power is vested in the states. Specifically in the Electoral College, which is made up of The Electors selected by the various states.
Several of the suits that went nowhere attempted to get state Attorneys General to force the electors to demand documentary proof of the presidential candidate's bona fides as a "Natural Born Citizen," before delivering the votes. As you well know: just one blind alley after another. There simply, and it is pretty simple, has to be a law on the books of the state requiring the electors of that state to demand proof. I pray that one state legislature will do this! Just one. Even if it's a state with 3 Electoral Votes, it will establish that state's electors' standing to demand documentation and give every citizen of that state the right to bring suit to see that it is done.
Even if the President runs again in 2012, he would have to present documentation to that state's electors to be included on the official ballot, and to receive the state's electoral votes after the election. Even if the candidate decided to forgo that state's electoral votes and not comply, it certainly would cast a pall over his next term much more severe than the vague doubts blowing in the breeze today.
This would strike a much needed blow for states rights and get this disgraceful anti-constitutional power play out in the open.
"Natural Born Citizen," a citizen born to a mother and father who are both citizens of the United States at the time of the child's birth, either through their birth, or even through naturalization. It is even accepted that their child can be born outside of the United States, although this complicates matters a bit. So, if BHO, Sr. had been a citizen of the US, BHO, Jr. would be "Natural Born." He ain't.