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post by BluegrassRevolutionary
I know that the RNC was stupid enough to allow a simpleton like Palin to run for Vice President, but come on, if there was even a chance that this
issue had any merit the DNC would have just ran Hilary. Face it guys, Obama will be the next President of the United States, get over it.
Item FIRST. U.S. Constitution
Article 1, Section 2, Clause 2.
No person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty five years, and been
seven years a citizen of the United
States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state in which he shall be chosen.
Item SECOND. U.S. Constitution
Article 1, Section 3, Clause 2.
No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been
nine years a citizen of the United States and who
shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen.
Item THIRD. U.S. Constitution,
Article 2, Section 1, Clause 4.
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; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and
been fourteen Years a resident within the United States.
www.law.cornell.edu...
1) We know John McCain was
born in Panama.
2) We know Congress has enacted a law that made persons born to 2 American citizens but outside the US continental limits a citizen of the US without
the necessity of undergoing the naturalization process all others born outside the US are required to do. That law has been misunderstood
(intentionally I think) to elevate
being born to be the legal equivalent to
being NATURAL born. Fortunately the election
rendered the issue moot. We have no mechanism in place to resolve that issue. Shades of a 2000 Republican Supreme Court re-run!
Here is the authority for Congress to declare persons born outside the US to be citizens. Article 1. Section 8.
The Congress shall have power. .
[Clause 4] To establish a uniform rule of naturalization . . END.
3) That law
does NOT make a person NATURAL BORN, that cannot be done by any law. It does make the person a citizen without further adieux.
Natural born means
BORN inside the continental limits of
the United States, and not in Panama or in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, or in
any other foreign country even if the birth is on an American installation.
4) You should not have to be smarter than a 5th grader to understand the difference between being a CITIZEN by Act of Congress and being a NATURAL
BORN citizen.
5) The Senate's "Hail fellow well met" vote on John McCain was NOT a law, nor was it signed by the President, it was exactly like taking a
popularity poll and of no more legal efficacy. It is the Courts that decide what a law means, not Congress. See Foot Note.
I posted Item FIRST, Item SECOND and Item THIRD to show the Congress knew the difference in being a CITIZEN and being a NATURAL BORN citizen. Anyone
smarter than a 5th grader should understand that. Unless you think Panama is the United States of America. In which case you are NOT smarter than a
5th grader. Sorry about that.
Anyone can see Barack Obama's State of Hawaii birth certificate via Google.
Foot Note. "Hail fellow well met" is a somewhat archaic. English idiom used either as an exaggerated greeting or referring to a person who is
sociable and constantly making an effort at winning friends.
en.wikipedia.org...
[edit on 1/1/2009 by donwhite]
