Ummm, yeah......ummm, because following the Constitution is such frivolous sh!t....what a dumba$$!!! How dare Americans demand that the Constitution be followed...how many times does Minor vs. Happersett need to be quoted to you? Obama's own admission in his own damned book says his father was NOT American. Minor vs Happersett says Obama is ineligible ...only a moronic, self-serving fool would wish to obfuscate this truth. With no respect whatsoever, gastropod
Minor vs Happersett says no such thing. It makes no ruling in regard to natural born citizen. Here, go and get some education . How many times do the words of James Madison father of the Constitution, need to be quoted to dimwits like yourself. "It is an established maxim that birth is a criterion of allegiance. Birth however derives its force sometimes from place and sometimes from parentage, but in general place is the most certain criterion; it is what applies in the United States" James Madison, May 22nd, 1789. It's where you are born, not where your father was born. This is a Republic, not a f'kng monarchy you tosspot. Birthright is not made paternally, handed down, as a king would. Born on US soil is natural born. End of. It has always been fundamental in all western common law, totally understood by the founders and is made evident by James Madison. Go and take some citizen courses you babbling brainless birther.
http://puzo1.blogspot.com/ "...because Obama needs either the Fourteenth Amendment or statute to remove the alienage with which he was born by being born to a non-U.S. citizen father, he is in effect at best a naturalized citizen âat birth,â who automatically becomes a âcitizen of the United Statesâ and needs no further naturalization after birth. But the Founders and Framers, as they revealed through the Naturalization Acts of 1790, 1795, and 1802, meant a ânatural born Citizenâ to be a child whose first breath of life was as a person in allegiance and citizenship only to the United States and to no other country. In other words, to be a ânatural born Citizenâ it was not sufficient that one was a citizen of the United States âat birth.â Rather, what was needed was that âat birthâ one was only a âcitizen of the United Statesâ and of no other nation. Because of the possibility of jus sanguinis (citizenship inherited from oneâs parents) and jus soli (citizenship acquired from the territory on which one is born) providing allegiance and citizenship to a child at the moment of birth, they adopted the ânatural born citizen" standard for future presidents which was a child born in the country to citizen parents. This means that a ânatural born Citizenâ is a child who is born in the United States or its jurisdictional equivalent to a father and mother who are both either a ânatural born Citizenâ or a âcitizen of the United States.â Obama has conceded that his father was a citizen of Great Britain at the time Obama was born. Hence, even assuming that Obama was born in Hawaii, he was not born to a father who was either a ânatural born Citizenâ or a âcitizen of the United States.â He was not born as a child whose first breath of life was as a person in allegiance and citizenship only to the United States and to no other country. Obama may be a Fourteenth Amendment "naturalized born Citizen," but he is not and cannot be an Article II ânatural born Citizen.â
OK, being lazy. And this has been brought up many times. Hawaii was and is a State of the United States. 'The Constitution does not define the phrase natural-born citizen, and various opinions have been offered over time regarding its precise meaning. The Congressional Research Service has stated that the weight of scholarly legal and historical opinion indicates that the term means one who is entitled under the Constitution or laws of the United States to U.S. citizenship "at birth" or "by birth," including any child born "in" the United States (other than to foreign diplomats serving their country), the children of United States citizens born abroad, and those born abroad of one citizen parent who has met U.S. residency requirements.[1]' c
"and jus soli (citizenship acquired from the territory on which one is born) providing allegiance and citizenship to a child at the moment of birth, they adopted the ânatural born citizen" standard for future presidents which was a child born in the country <strike> to citizen parents."</strike> jus soli "right of the soil".. nothing to do with parents' status. blogs don't trump James Madison's explanation.
Madison has a long list of worthy credentials, but I don't see any that automatically mean his opinion of this question trumps all else.
"by birth," including any child born "in" the United States Yes, quoting myself. Is the above not clear about 'by birth'? I'm really just asking, seriously. I've read an awful lot here by both sides, and this just seems to be simple enough. If he was born in Hawaii, then he is entitled to run for President, it seems. ? ? c
Except that the memo from the CRS was written by a Jack Maskell who attempts to re-write the actual legal opinion of the court. On pg. 48, Maskell states: In one case concerning the identity of a petitioner, the Supreme Court of the United States explained that ât is not disputed that if petitioner is the sonâ of two Chinese national citizens who were physically in the United States when petitioner was born, then he is âa natural born American citizen â¦.â221 221 Kwok Jan Fat v. White, 253 U.S. 454, 457 (1920). The Supreme Court also noted there: âIt is better that many Chinese immigrants should be improperly admitted than that one natural born citizen of the United States should be permanently excluded from his country.â 253 U.S. at 464. Reading this yesterday, I had a fleeting moment of self-doubt. Could I have missed this case? Did the Supreme Court really state that the son of two aliens was a natural-born citizen? The Twilight Zone theme suddenly chimed in. I then clicked over to the actual case, and of course, the Supreme Court said no such thing. The petitioner was born in California to parents who were both US citizens. His father was born in the United States and was a citizen by virtue of the holding in US v. Wong Kim Ark. His motherâ place of birth was not mentioned. Regardless, she was covered by the derivative citizenship statute, and was, therefore, a US citizen when the child was born. It was alleged that the petitioner had obtained a false identity and that the citizen parents were not his real parents. But the Supreme Court rejected the Stateâs secret evidence on this point and conducted their citizenship analysis based upon an assumption these were petitionerâs real parents. Having been born in the US of parents who were citizens, petitioner was indeed a natural-born citizen. But Maskellâs frightening quotation surgery makes it appear as if the petitioner was born of alien parents. The Supreme Court rejected that contention. And Maskellâs ruse highlights the depravity of lies being shoved down the nationâs throat on this issue. I can imagine Mini-Me sitting on his lap while this was being prepared. When you look carefully at Maskellâs creative use of quotation marks, youâll see that the statement is NOT a quote from the case, but rather a Frankenstein inspired patchwork. He starts the reversed vivisection off with the following: ât is not disputed that if petitioner is the sonâ¦â These are the first few words of a genuine quote from the Courtâs opinion. Then Maskell goes way out of context for the next two body parts. The first is not in quotation marks: of two Chinese national citizens who were physically in the United States when petitioner was born, then he is And finally, an unrelated quote from elsewhere in the Courtâs opinion: âa natural born American citizen â¦.â Put it all together and you get the following monstrosity: â¦the Supreme Court of the United States explained that ât is not disputed that if petitioner is the sonâ of two Chinese national citizens who were physically in the United States when petitioner was born, then he is âa natural born American citizen â¦.â But the Supreme Court never said that. Hereâs what they actually said: âIt is not disputed that if petitioner is the son of Kwock Tuck Lee and his wife, Tom Ying Shee, he was born to them when they were permanently domiciled in the United States, is a citizen thereof, and is entitled to admission to the country. United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649 , 18 Sup. Ct. 456.â Kwok Jan Fat v. White, 253 U.S. 454, 457 (1920). This real quote â when liberated from Maskellâs embalming fluid â does not resemble the propaganda at all. Maskell avoids the inconvenient truth that the Court took direct notice of the authorities having established that the petitionerâs father was born in the US and that he was a voter: ââ¦the father of the boy was native born and was a voter in that community.â Id. at 460. Maskell never mentions that the father and mother were US citizens at the time of petitionerâs birth in California. This deceitful exercise alone strips the entire memo of all credibility. Had Maskell simply offered his arguments fairly, using real quotes instead of Frankensteining this crap, I would not have attacked him personally. But such deceptive behavior deserves no respect whatsoever. The memo is pure propaganda, and itâs not even shy about it. http://naturalborncitizen.wordpress...rn-citizen-congressional-research-propaganda/