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The Wisdom of Our Founding Fathers

Posted by Mike on Sunday, October 25, 2009 8:44:55 PM
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The Constitution of the United States is a quintessentially practical document. The first thing that comes to mind in examining Article II, Section 1 are the words "at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution" in reference to eligibility for the office of President. Anyone who was already a citizen of one of the thirteen several states following the American Revolution and within the age limits could serve as President. As to these citizens, it did not matter whether they or their fathers were subject to a foreign power or not. As to those who were not citizens at the time of Adoption or ratification, only those who were "natural born" were eligible for the office of President, meaning that they must be born in one of the states which form the Union, and that each of their fathers must have been a citizen of one of these states at the time of their birth. This gives our government the power to discriminate against the foreign born and those whose fathers were subjects of a foreign power, with regard to qualifications for the offices of President and Vice-President as amended. Arguably, the "natural born" requirement should also pertain to what was meant at the time of Adoption.

The rationale for the rule is clearly to prohibit those who may have mixed loyalties from serving in the highest office in the land, as John Jay made clear to our first President George Washington. Clearly, the Fourteenth Amendment's inclusion of all persons born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, as citizens, does not change the limitations on qualifications for President or Vice-President, because the rationale behind the Fourteenth Amendment was not to change eligibility for higher office, but rather to confer citizenship on the newly emancipated freemen following the Civil War. Using the limited formula for qualification to be President or Vice-President, the first generation freemen would not have been eligible to hold these offices, but this is a moot point insofar as none of them ever became candidates.

In our history, Chester Arthur, whose father was Irish born and a subject of George IV at the time of Chester's birth, still got to be President because he succeeded President Garfield who died in office. The electorate rejected the candidacies of Barry Goldwater in 1964 and John McCain in 2008. Barry Obama is the stealth President. Could it be that Barry Obama was elected only because neither candidate was qualified to hold this office in 2008?

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What about Those Born on US Soil?

Posted by Mike on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 10:51:24 PM
Good question.
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Think about it a minute. Everyone knows that most, if not all, of the 9/11 hijackers were here in America legally. Let's just suppose hypothetically that one of these hijackers, say Mohammad Atta, was instrumental in conceiving a child later born in Florida. Would the mere fact that the child was born on US soil give that illegitimate child an entitlement of eligibility to one day occupy the highest office in the land, that of President of the United States? Same situation as Obama. Father being a Muslim foreigner, enters the US legally, gets his girlfriend pregnant. (Remember, Barry's father was still married to the woman in Kenya at the time).

The short answer is no. Merely being born on US soil does not confer an entitlement to someday being eligible to be President. That was the reason why the Framers put in the words "natural born" before "citizen" in reference to qualifications for the office of President, whereas they just specify that Senators and Congressional Representatives be ordinary citizens. Likewise, a mere congressional resolution that someone who was not born on US soil but whose parents are US citizens is henceforth a natural born citizen does not confer on that person any entitlement to eligibility to be President.

Confusion may arise because at the time the Constitution was ratified in 1789, there was no Fourteenth Amendment, so all future citizens born after 1789 were either natural born citizens following the English common law criteria, or became citizens through the process of naturalization. The Fourteenth Amendment to protect the Negroid extended citizenship to all those born in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, whether or not their parents were citizens. This leaves open the question of whether a child, one or both of whose parents are here illegally, who happens to be born in the United States, is or is not a citizen, which depends on whether the child falls within the jurisdiction of the United States or that of a foreign power. If we use the same criteria that all citizens are either those that are natural born citizens or those that are naturalized, we run into problems because the Framers clearly never intended that all persons born on American soil would be natural born citizens and so eligible to hold the office of President.

The court is asked to decide whether the Fourteenth Amendment is an assertion that all those who are now citizens by virtue of being born on US soil, but who would not have been natural born citizens in 1789 by virtue of either one or both parents not being US citizens at the time of their birth, but rather subjects of a foreign power, automatically acquire eligibility to hold the office of President, which would not have been the case had they been born in 1789 as they would not have been natural born citizens at that time as required in Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution.  This may be a case of first impression.

This case will probably reach the US Supreme Court. Obama is too arrogant to do the right thing and resign like Nixon did in 1974.
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Barry's Last Stand

Posted by Mike on Saturday, October 10, 2009 4:54:49 PM
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The usurper Barack Obama's time in office is running out.

The federal action Barnett et al. vs. Obama raises the key question of Obama's eligibility. Like it or not, in the final analysis, the question comes down to whether a person with the same parentage status would have had the necessary qualifications to run for federal public office at the time the Constitution was ratified in 1787. By redefining citizenship requirements, Congress cannot expand the qualifications to hold office as laid down in the Constitution.

In my judgment, the question of the question of the location of Barry Obama's place of birth is a red herring. This is the real reason why the Obama camp will not divulge the actual birth certificate. In leaving this question open, the focus is taken away from the real reason why Obama is not qualified.

If in 1787, a person's father was a foreign born subject of the British Crown, that person would not have been qualified as not being a natural born citizen. Barry's father had never renounced his allegiance to the British Crown based upon his citizenship in Kenya at the time of Barry's birth in 1961. Therefore, whether Barry was born in Kenya or Hawaii, his status is still that of one who is not a natural born citizen. He was never qualified to become President for this reason.

The 2008 presidential election was invalid. Obama and Biden will be removed from office once this becomes clear. All of Obama's appointments, including that of Justice Souter's replacement and the numerous czars, are likewise invalid. There will have to be a new election, and a new Supreme Court appointment once the new president is sworn into office. In the meantime, Nancy Pelosi will be the interim president as next in the line of succession.

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