Published by Jack Everest on 03 Dec 2008 at 12:22 pm
Why the President needs to be a “natural born citizen”
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There is a huge amount of confusion as to what the Constitution says about the “natural born citizenship” requirement to serve as President and there seems to be just as much confusion as to why such a requirement is important.
Frank Salvato, in today’s New Media Journal, does a good job of explaining why the Founders and Framers saw fit to include this requirement in our constitution and why it still matters. Here is an excerpt (emphasis added)…
For a candidate who ran his presidential campaign on the promise of transparency, Mr. Obama has proven in the earliest moments of his executive tenure that transparency is subjective.The most troubling of the troublesome questions is why Mr. Obama didn’t immediately release his vaulted, original birth certificate for examination. This act would have not only eliminated a potential stumbling block for his campaign, but it would have certified his eligibility for the office of President of the United States and saved the taxpayers the cost of judicial intervention. Instead, under the pretext of visiting an ailing grandmother in Hawaii just days before the 2008 Presidential Election, Mr. Obama had his vaulted, original birth certificate sealed by Hawaii’s governor, Linda Lingle (D).
On Friday, December 5th, 2008, the full compliment of the United States Supreme Court will hold a Rule of Four Conference hearing on the issue of Donofrio v. Wells; a lawsuit alleging that New Jersey Secretary of State Nina Mitchell Wells was delinquent in disqualifying ineligible candidates for President of the United States from the November 4th, 2008 General Election Ballot. The US Supreme Court Rule of Four states that before a case is put on the docket, four out of the nine Supreme Court justices must agree in conference to hear the case. If four out of the nine Supreme Court Justices agree, Donofrio v. Wells will be heard by the full United States Supreme Court and our nation will stand on the brink of a Constitutional Crisis.
There are many reasons why someone running for the office of President of the United States should be a natural-born citizen but four come to mind as the most immediate: Allegiance, Sovereignty, Foreign Intervention and the Safeguarding of The Charters of Freedom.
Here is a related article previously posted…Obama’s Birth Certificate Case–Supreme Court Review Dec 5th
Tags: Frank Salvato, New Media Journal, Obama birth certificate, Supreme Court
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r.townsend on 03 Dec 2008 at 2:46 pm #
is john mc cain a natural born citizen. the first few presidents of the united states like for example washington, adams and a few others were born when the colonist were not yet states. hello!
Amber on 03 Dec 2008 at 2:51 pm #
May I point out that just because someone is a naturally born citizen does not mean he or she is loyal to the U.S. Similarly, someone who is not a citizen of the U.S. can be just as loyal to our country as someone who is not.
janet on 03 Dec 2008 at 6:47 pm #
THE POINT IS, HE’S A LIAR! IF IT TURNS OUT THAT HE’S NOT A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN, BECAUSE HE KNOWS THE REQUIREMENT AND HE MISREPRESENTED HIS STATUS
Canedawg on 04 Dec 2008 at 12:47 am #
I agree, Janet. He has already shown himself to be dishonest and disingenuous.
He is the most untrustworthy person I could think of to be POTUS. Look at his associations, coupled with his refusal to release school, medical and birth records.
He’s a fraud, and will remain so until he can prove that he is a natural born citizen of the US of A.
No wonder he has developed a facial tic.
Chalice on 04 Dec 2008 at 2:05 pm #
The point is that Obama is not a Natural Born Citizen. Because of this he cannot be President. This is not a personality contest, it is a legal state “Natural Born Citizen” Obama was a Dual Citizen at Birth which discredits him from “Natural Born Citizen”.
Unless the Supreme Court invalidates 400 years of historic definition of “Natural Born” … Obama will never be President…..
It is soooooo exciting to see the American Constitution serve it’s purpose as written ovew 200 years ago!
NOBAMA
Dave Os on 04 Dec 2008 at 2:20 pm #
Hello r.Townsend,
You asked if McCain was a natural born citizen. The answer is yes. If both your parents are citizens then you don’t need to be born in the US. McCain was born on a panama canal.
Your other question. Was Washington our first president a natural born citizen? The answer is NO he was not. Several of the first presidents were not NB. However they were still eligible for President because the constitution says Natural born OR a US citizen at the time the constitution was signed.
So Obama needs to be over 200 years old or be born in the US, since only one of his parents were citizens of the US.