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Personally, I don’t understand why COB’s are so secretive, in reality they don’t show much of anything sensitive in nature. Mom, Dad, day of birth and your name. Am I missing something here or over simplifying.
A certificate of live birth (COLB) which is what obama posted on the web is insufficient documentation for any U.S. citizen to receive a passport.
An honest man would be **HONORED** to promptly prove with all of the best evidence that he was a natural born citizen.
A GUILTY man wastes the resources and time of the Department of Justice and its U.S. attorneys to block the release of common documents that ordinary citizens provide every day.
Obama WASTED Department of Justice resources and attorney time when plots were being laid to KILL our soldiers on their bases and recruitment centers, and blow planes out of the sky! If his motivation is to play a political “gotcha” on the birthers, I don’t think the American public will be amused.
Just, WOW!
What many people do not understand is that a person to be considered a Natural Born Citizen, must first be a native born citizen.
There are only three types of citizenship and all have equal rights: native born citizenship; naturalized citizenship; and, citizenship-by-statute. Note: Natural Born Citizenship IS NOT a type of citizenship. It is only a circumstance of birth required for eligibility to be President of the United States.
Native born citizenship (jus solis) was created by the United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649 (1898):
Wong Kim Ark was the son of two resident Chinese aliens, (who were unable to attain citizenship due to a treaty with the Emperor of China), and who claimed U.S. Citizenship because of his birth on U.S. soil. He was vindicated by the Supreme Court on the basis of the 14th Amendment.
On the basis of the 14th Amendment the majority opinion coined a new definition for “native citizen”, as anyone who was born in the U.S.A. (jus solis) under the jurisdiction of the United States. The Court thus extended citizenship to all born in the country (excepting those born of ambassadors and foreign armies etc.) but it DID NOT extend the meaning of the term “natural born citizen” to those whose parents were not citizens at the time of the child’s birth.
Naturalized citizenship is granted to those born in a foreign land who become U.S.citizens, such as Gov. Arnold Schwarznegger, for example.
Citizenship-by-statute is granted to those born overseas to U.S. citizens (jus sanquinas). There is a whole array of legal statutes covering this, but this type of citizenship has the same rights as the other two types.
Since there is NO RIGHT to be President, the eligibility requirement of Natural Born Citizenship (jus solis + jus sanguinas: born in the U.S. to U.S. citizen parents) must be viewed as a means to prevent split allegience for any President of the United States.
Just out of curiosity, what employer requires an actual birth certificate? For your privacy, I'm not asking for the name of the employer...just curious as to what field. Retail? Industry? Academic?