12th Amendment: "But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States." [1]
Constitution A II,S I, C V: "No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President" [2]
Harris was born to foreign national parents who were both in the country, allegedly on student visas. Donald J. Harris was a Jamaican national [3] and Shyamala Gopalan was an Indian national [4]
Harris was born with Jamaican citizenship. She inherited her foreign fathers foreign citizenship by birthright, regardless of birth location. Jamaican Constitution, Chapter II [5] (a pdf)
The definition for "natural born Citizen" was from a source that is less known today, but was very well known and referenced often in the days of the founders and framers. [6] A source that was not only read from during the Constitutional Convention [7], but the principals from within were used as the legal authority to claim Independence from the crown of Britain in 1776. [8]. Born in country/territory, to citizen parents. [9].
A few months after President Washington was sworn into office, he checked out two books from the New York Society library. One of them was a copy of the very same legal treatise. [10].
The Congress tried to extend the definition to include those born outside the U.S., but again, to two citizen parents, with the Naturalization Act of 1790. (repealed later) [11] Two citizen parents where again key.
The definition was also read uncontested into the Congressional record, on 3 different occasions, by Congressman John Bingham - the father of the 14th Amendment on citizenship. [12]
That Harris is not eligible to be Vice President should be clear to any reasonable thinker and even "amateur" students of the real, recorded history.
Questioning Soebarkah's eligibility was turned into a spectacle of slander and charges of racism, by even most on "our" side. It will be interesting to see if that remains the case this time around.
Has President Trump instilled enough fight back into reasonable Americans that this question of eligibility will be brought to the forefront? Remains to be seen.
Going after Harris on her record is a good idea. So too, is going after her lack of eligibility. This isn't an either or situation. We can, and should, do all the above.
If we care about the Constitution, if we care about original intent, it's crystal clear that Kamala Harris is not eligible to be Vice President.
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