Posted by
Mike on Monday, June 06, 2011 2:07:01 PM
http://www.westernperspective.blogspot.com/
The one Constitutionally ineligible person to occupy the offices of
president was Chester Allen Arthur between 1881 and 1885 due to the
assassination of President Garfield who was elected by a plurality of
the smallest of margins. Before that, Arthur had ineligibly occupied
the office of VP under Garfield for six months in 1881. This is because
Amendment XII ratified in 1804 includes the words: "But no person
constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible
to that of Vice-President of the United States". Arthur was ineligible
because his Irish born father did not become a naturalized US citizen
until after Arthur was born.
A timely objection was made to Arthur's candidacy by attorney Arthur
Hinman during the campaign of 1880, but no action was taken to keep
Arthur's name off the ballot. Had timely action been taken, Garfield's
assassination could have been avoided, because the assassin's motive was
to make Arthur, a Republican Stalwart, president.
Even with well defined separation of powers among the three branches of
the federal government, the US Supreme Court has ultimate authority to
interpret the Constitution as was decided by Chief Justice Marshall in
the landmark case Marbury vs Madison. Federal courts however
have shown reluctance to intervene in deciding issues of eligibility to
serve as President of the United States.
Since the question was first raised regarding Obama's eligibility in
2008, several states have begun the process of requiring certain
documentation to prove Article II eligibility, including natural born
citizenship, prior to certification of eligibility which allows a
candidate's name to appear on the ballot. This state action together
with meticulous investigative journalism has apparently prompted Obama's
handlers and/or puppet masters to cause the release of a purported
Hawaii long firm birth certificate for Obama, which like the earlier
released certificate of live birth, appears to be a forgery.
Given the reluctance of the courts to act, the only recourse of the
American people is to continue the vetting process by not voting for
ineligible candidates regardless of party affiliation. All of the
subsequent Constitutionally ineligible candidates were defeated in the
general elections, including Charles Evan Hughes, Barry Goldwater, and
John McCain. It remains to be seen whether or not Obama is eligible,
but the evidence now strongly points to his having been born in Hawaii
to an American born mother and unknown father, or at best an African
father in a sham marriage or bigamous relationship with Obama's mother,
neither of which conditions would not render Obama ineligible pursuant
to Article II.
However, with the evidence of forgery mounting, there is a strong
possibility that high crimes and misdemeanors have been committed making
Obama subject to impeachment. Absent impeachment proceedings in the
Democrat controlled Senate, the likelihood is that the American people
will have to elect another candidate in 2012 to get Obama out of office.