My word, that “Examiner” sure is full of advertisements and pop-ups
and malware and spyware and viruses isn’t it? Scary place.
I’d never advise anyone to visit there.
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Fantastic!
Just Wow!
How interesting. Interesting indeed. One of my favorite books is “1984”, and here it is in real life!
Question for you, how does this apply to John McCain? As I understand it, he was born in a US territory, on a US Armed Forces base, in a US Armed Forces hospital.
The cover-up is meticulous and unbelievable. Unfortunately, the media has ridiculed the issue from top to bottom, and most people have moved on. I have been following Donofrio since before the 2008 elections -- the poor bastard just doesn't have a chance even though he is standing on firm legal ground.
Nicely written, but painful to ponder. Thanks for posting it here.
...and ignore humblegunner -- he hasn't learned how to install ad blockers on his browser yet. Maybe some day.
Great stuff, Danae. I've been stating this for awhile ever since another FReeper made me go research the whole "natural born" stuff. The Founders borrowed the concept of "natural born" from the British "natural" law. Under "natural law", the majority citizenship is passed from the status of the father. If the father is a natural born citizen, the majority of the child's citizenship comes from the father, with the remainder coming from the mother's citizenship. As with Obama, we know the rest and his citizenship status (as is his eligibility to be POTUS) is non-existant.
However, I do have to pick a nit with you over McCain's citizenship. McCain was born in Panama (IIRC) on an American military base. Military bases on foreign soil, like American embassies, are considered American soil. Since McCain's father and mother were natural born citizens of the US, McCain's American citizenship is assured.
I am thoroughly incensed. So, what can we do about it?
FTA: Meanwhile, at the “Supreme Court Center” of the influential legal research website Justia.com, efforts were underway corrupting at least 25 Supreme Court cases by erasing references to the words “Minor V. Happersett” along with references to other relevant cases on the issue along with the insertion of misleading numerical ciations. And In two documented cases actual text was removed.
Who did it, and who is going to be prosecuted?
BTW, I read the entire article at The Examiner and did not get one single pop up. Thanks for posting.
Correct. But the Supreme Court did not limit the definition to that.
"At common-law ... it was never doubted that all children born in a country of parents who were its citizens became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also. These were natives, or natural-born citizens, as distinguished from aliens or foreigners. Some authorities go further and include as citizens children born within the jurisdiction without reference to the citizenship of their parents. As to this class there have been doubts, but never as to the first. For the purposes of this case it is not necessary to solve these doubts."
-- MINOR v. HAPPERSETT, 88 U.S. 162 (1874)
The Constitution does not, in words, say who shall be natural-born citizens. Resort must be had elsewhere to ascertain that. At common-law, with the nomenclature of which the framers of the Constitution were familiar, it was never doubted that all children born in a country of parents who were its citizens became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also. These were natives, or natural-born citizens, as distinguished from aliens or foreigners. Some authorities go further and include as citizens children born within the jurisdiction without reference to the citizenship of their [88 U.S. 162, 168] parents. As to this class there have been doubts, but never as to the first. For the purposes of this case it is not necessary to solve these doubts. It is sufficient for everything we have now to consider that all children born of citizen parents within the jurisdiction are themselves citizens.
Whether "natural born citizens" includes children born within the borders without reference to the parents is in doubt but not resolved for purposes of this case.
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I just clicked the link and I get no virus alerts, no spyware, no pop up ads. Why are you lying, bumble?
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Incredible article, Danae. Thank you so much for all of the effort that went into producing it. I posted it to my Facebook wall.
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Discussion from July: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2742925/posts
First Class Job Danae! If thsi doen’t shake a lot of people up the country is lost..
ping to Butter, this shows when it comes to Obama they will stop at nothing to cover up his a$$. It gives credence to everything birthers have alleged and thought all along.
WOW, WE LIKE THE COMPANY YOU KEEP, DANAE!
This is the same sort of manipulation I found at the National Archives in 2004 when I was looking into the records of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War's "Winter Soldier" conference. All the summary documents showing the results of the Army investigations into the VVAW's war crimes allegations had vanished.