If it were settled law, then Obama wouldn’t be in the WH. Nor would the Tribe/Olson opinion on McCain even be necessary.
Just because something is “settled law” doesn’t mean everyone will follow it. The settle law thing is really a dumb argument. Plus, Laurence Tribe was an Obama campaign adviser in 2007 and 2008. He was helping to divert attention away from Obama.
Minor v. Happerset IS settled law.
Again, Barry is in the office out of fear. Even Hannity, right now, two from Brietbart are saying the person who had this document was IN FEAR for their professional and personal life by bringing this out.
It took non binding resolution 511 to attempt to *make* McCain a natural born Citizen.
The only thing that could have *made* a person in McCains position a "natural born Citizen" was tried and repealed by the founding generation. The Naturalization Act of 1790:
And the children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond Sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born Citizens: Provided, that the right of citizenship shall not descend to persons whose fathers have never been resident in the United States: Provided also, that no person heretofore proscribed by any States, shall be admitted a citizen as aforesaid, except by an Act of the Legislature of the State in which such person was proscribed..
They tried to legislate the known definition to include those children born outside the territory, but repealed that with the Act of 1795.
That’s not entirely true, IMO.
There’s no requirement that the president prove with documentation evidence that he is natural born. There couldn’t be because there was no such thing as a birth certificate when the original 13 colonies were founded.
Also, an election is not one national election. There are 50 separate elections. Each state has a person elected to a position with the responsibility of “certifying” that each name to be put on the ballot is in fact qualified to be there. Once that person signs off on it, that name is legal to be on that ballot.
In my opinion, you would need to prove that each of these 50 election certifying individuals signed off on Obama’s name knowing that he is not qualified to be on the ballot or that they displayed gross negligence in obtaining some kind of assurance, before you could go anywhere with this. But remember, a birth certificate is not required. Maybe all that is required is that a relative give’s his/her word on obama’s behalf.
OR
get a case to the supreme court and force them to make a ruling.
Why Senator John McCain Cannot Be President: Eleven Months and a Hundred Yards Short of Citizenship
Gabriel J. Chin University of California, Davis - School of Law
It is far better written than the Tribe/Olson opinion.