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Just because you don't like the point doesn't mean one isn't being made, doncha know... :-)
See Post #92 ...
Well, two things here... but first before those two things... one thing is clear, no matter what. Obama was born in Hawaii.
Now, the two things regarding this issue of "natural born citizen" -- which is a slightly different issue (according to some posters) than if someone is born in the United States.
(1) The State of Hawaii has lawyers and they advise on legal issues as they have an entire agency of lawyers. The only reason why the State of Hawaii issued this statement is because it was an issue that the State of Hawaii has been "hounded about" by many people across the country.
So, they are issuing a statement to the general public of this nation, addressing the conserns of the citizens across this country -- about (a) where Obama was born, and (b) if he is a natural born citizen. Therefore knowing about this issue, knowing its legal ramifications, knowing their responsibility as the only official holders of this record -- they are going to have their legal agency vet any such statement about this kind of issue to the general public of the United States.
I don't have any concerns about them having vetted it and letting it go out just as it is stated in that announcement, because they know it's true according to their records and true according to the law (and their attorneys that verified that very thing).
(2) The other thing is that you've got an issue, dealing with the "natural born status" of a person -- which is in dispute by various legal parties. Some say all that is required is someone is born in the United States. Others say that the parents citizenship is essential to determining that.
There's no question that this is the dispute on the "natural born status" of a person -- since it's being argued that very way.
Thus, the only way anyone is ever going to settle that legal dispute, about anyone's "natural born status" (whether it has to do with the parents' citizenship or not -- is for the Supreme Court to make that determination.
Until you get a case to the Supreme Court on the issue of whether a person's citizenship is affected by the citizenship of their parents -- you're not going to have this settled.
It's obvious that the State of Hawaii is on one side of that legal issue -- and it's just as obvious that you are on the other side of that legal issue. This dispute will not be settled in any thread on Free Republic. It will only be settled by the Supreme Court.
In the meantime, Obama is just as qualified as anyone else is, per the Constitution, as long as they meet those three requirements.
And then there's Post #46 ... that you can see... :-)
I know, I know, the Birth Certificate thing. To wit we have no concrete evidence, nor do we have statutory requirements for him to produce said BC. California has a ballot law but it’s obviously not strong enough.Well..., that's the most intelligent things I've seen written about the "Birth Certificate thing" -- after months and months of hand-wringing and screaming (by some) here on Free Republic....
Congratulations for managing to say something sensible about that issue... :-)
You were saying ...
If it can be proved he is NOT an American citizen - I would think he COULD be removed from office - AND HUSTLED OFF TO PRISON!Well, if one could prove that very thing... that he was not born here in the United States -- yes, you would have something concrete.
BUT considering that the very state agency that produces proof (by way of printing out a certified copy of a Birth Certificate) says that Obama was born here, that's not going to happen.
The State of Hawaii, the ones who print out the ceritified copy of a birth certificate, if one is required by a court of law for Obama -- has already said that Obama was born in Hawaii and is a natural born citizen.
I don't think anyone is going anywere with the "birth certificate" issue... :-)
To see this yourself, first, you go to the main State of Hawaii, Department of Health webpage (as shown below in the first link, then you go to the Archived Press Releases (as shown in the second link) and lastly, you go to the actual press release from the State of Hawaii, Department of Health, in PDF format. You'll notice that all the links are the official website each one tracks to the next one, and to the actual press release itself.
State of Hawaii, Department of Health webpage
State of Hawaii, Department of Health, Archived News Releases
State of Hawaii, Department of Health Press Release, July 27, 2009
[viewable as a PDF file of the official State of Hawaii Press Release]
It is the following information, presented here text (not formatted exactly the same way, but all the same words), on that PDF file, with the official State of Hawaii seal on it...
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
News Release
LINDA LINGLE
GOVERNOR
CHIYOME LEINAALA FUKINO M.D.
DIRECTOR
Phone: (808) 586-4410
Fax: (808) 586-4444
For Immediate Release: July 27, 2009 -- 09-063
STATEMENT BY HEALTH DIRECTOR CHIYOME FUKINO, M.D.
“I, Dr. Chiyome Fukino, Director of the Hawai‛i State Department of Health, have seen the original vital records maintained on file by the Hawai‘i State Department of Health verifying Barack Hussein Obama was born in Hawai‘i and is a natural-born American citizen. I have nothing further to add to this statement or my original statement issued in October 2008 over eight months ago.”
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As far as addressing the issue from an official State of Hawaii pronouncement, since they are the holders of the original information, and have certified as a statement from the State of Hawaii (again the original maintainers and certifiers of that information) regarding the birth of Barack Obama -- this seems to wrap it up.
It doesn't get any more original or any more certified than this, as far as state records are concerned.
You were saying ...
Do you have a point?? You’re not really making one. No court has seen a certified copy of any vital record.And no court will ever see one on the basis of being a candidate for President of the United States, because no candidate is legally required to show a birth certificate.
You can't "bring a case" for a law that doesn't exist.... doncha know...
You were saying ...
How does that make him a "Natural Born Citizen?" Unless of course, you believe that a "Native Born Citizen," with a foreign father, is eligible to run for and serve as POTUS.As I said, there are two sides arguing this legal issue, as to whether the parents' citizenship can have any effect on the status of a person being "natural born"...
And you're not going to have that one settled without a Supreme Court decision (as to which side arguing this issue is right...) -- if they even decide to hear it in the first place (which they may not). But, there is not even a case being brought forward, currently, on this particular issue.
So, at this point in time, this particular issue is dead in the water.
Bait and Switch, Sleight of Hand. Misdirection.Well, I don't see that with this issue -- with either (1) the birth certificate and (2) the natural born status of a person in regards to their parents' citizenship.
With one (1) the birth certificate issue seems fairly settled to me. It's not going to end up in court, because being a candidate has never legally required a birth certificate. So, no court is going to be asking for it, since no one has ever been legally required to produce one.
There's no bait, switch, sleight of hand or misdirection here. That State of Hawaii statement is pretty direct and straighforward to me.
And with two (2) I plenty of legal disputing on this issue of a person being "natural born" and how it's affected by their parents' citizenship. And since that's very obvious (all the legal disputing on it) -- that, just by itself, makes it clear that it's not going to be settled without a Supreme Court decision.
Again, I see no bait and switch, no sleight of hand and/or misdirection. It's an ordinary "legal dispute" -- which requires courts to settle it. There's nothing special about that kind of thing. It happens every day in this country, with all sorts of legal disputes that courts settle every day.
And Post #105 ...
You were saying ...
Sorry, but a birth certificate is the standard document for proving birth and citizenship.However, the problem here -- is -- it's not a legal requirement to show a birth certificate to run as a candidate or be elected.
It's only required that a candidate swear and signed (with a notary) that they are (1) at least 35 years old (2) they have been a U.S. resident for at least 14 years and that they are (3) a natural born U.S. citizen.
That's the requirement that all candidates have had, that all candidates have met and that Obama also followed.
There's been nothing different about how Obama qualified versus all the other candidates in the past.
HOWEVER, if a large enough group of citizens wish to make a "different legal requirement" -- then a law to that effect will have to be passed.
That's what I've been advocating since just after the election, that all candidates be required to show their birth certificate or else they cannot be on the ballot in that state (which has that law).
There's the solution that is required for what people would like to have done with their candidates.
All you have to do is look at the state department requirements for obtaining a passport.And what that means, is that when someone wants to get a passport, then that's what they'll have to do...
And speaking of ... what do you suppose Obama used prior to June 2007 to get a passport??Well, it's clear what he used. He used a birth certificate because that was what was required of him and everyone else.
And likewise, he signed a statement with a notary present to become a candidate and run for President of the United States, because that was what required of him and everyone else.
I know it gets to be difficult for those of the Obama Derangement Syndrome, at times... but try hard enough and you may get it ... LOL ...
It’s fortunate it makes quotes in blue, really easy to skip over the verbal diarrhea.