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Originally posted by Amaterasu
Originally posted by jude11
Where will the fake BC get to? Nowhere. Give it up and concentrate on what is possible.
Either demand his resignation or failing that, DON'T vote him in again!
That's how to get rid of him.
IMO
Here's the issue... If this man is not eligible to be president, every signature he signed in that capacity is now null and void. So are his orders to attack Libya. It makes a difference.
And this vid shows that by resolution (ironically that he himself signed) he isn't president.
Non-binding only means it cannot become a law, it is still an agreement and a resolution. It would be silly to have a law on the books that John Mccain can become President....think about it. Obama agreed to this,
Simple resolutions are also used to express the sentiments of a single house
Originally posted by Blarneystoner
Originally posted by Hemisphere
Originally posted by Blarneystoner
I completely agree... Obama was born on US soil. Children born on US soil whose parents are BOTH from other countries are citizens of the US. Children born on U.S. soil automatically acquire American citizenship for life. The 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees USA citizenship at birth to almost all individuals born in the U.S. or in U.S. jurisdictions.
That's nice and we can continue to ignore that Hawaii was an independent constitutional monarchy up until the US "annexation" in 1898. I'm not a law scholar but I believe that highly profitable business deal went against international laws.
Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas any more.
You're grasping at straws. Are you saying that Hawaii isn't a State now? That's incredible man... really... I'm dumbfounded.... wow.... So... when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor they didn't actually attack the US? Really?
The queen was charged with misprision of treason -- having knowledge of treason and failing to report it--and was tried by a military commission. Her trial was held in the former throne room of the palace, where she had once greeted sovereigns and dignitaries from around the world. The prosecutors taunted, insulted and tried to humiliate her, but they never succeeded in destroying her dignity.
Found guilty, she was given the maximum sentence of five years imprisonment at hard labor and a $5,000 fine. It was not carried out, but she remained a prisoner in the palace.
On New Year's Day 1896, all the royalist prisoners were freed -- except Lili`uokalani. After eight months of imprisonment in the palace, she was allowed to return to her home, under house arrest. Not until late 1896 was her freedom restored.
She went to Washington, armed with documents signed by many Hawaiians asking President Cleveland to reinstate their queen. The president welcomed her warmly and she expressed her gratitude for his earlier efforts to restore her kingdom's independence. But it was now too late for him to be of further help.
His successor, William McKinley, sent the annexation treaty to the Senate.
Hawaiians submitted a petition to Congress with 29,000 signatures opposing annexation, and petitions to the Republic of Hawai`i, asking that annexation be put to a public vote. They were never permitted to vote on the issue.
Adding to the pro-annexation argument was the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in 1898, drawing attention to the Islands' strategic position in the Pacific.
Ultimately, the annexationists won, and Grover Cleveland wrote: "I am ashamed of the whole affair."
Originally posted by The Old American
Originally posted by Amaterasu
Originally posted by jude11
Where will the fake BC get to? Nowhere. Give it up and concentrate on what is possible.
Either demand his resignation or failing that, DON'T vote him in again!
That's how to get rid of him.
IMO
Here's the issue... If this man is not eligible to be president, every signature he signed in that capacity is now null and void. So are his orders to attack Libya. It makes a difference.
And this vid shows that by resolution (ironically that he himself signed) he isn't president.
THIS is the reason it matters. I am not a birther. I post that in every one of my posts on the subject. I believe he is an American citizen. BUT, that video is compelling. I didn't know about that resolution. I'll have to do some research on this.
/TOA
This idea that if found ineligible whatever Obama did as President would be “null and void” is absolutely unsupported in law.
Originally posted by The Old American
THIS is the reason it matters.
Originally posted by Amaterasu
Here's the issue... If this man is not eligible to be president, every signature he signed in that capacity is now null and void. So are his orders to attack Libya. It makes a difference.
The de facto officer doctrine confers validity upon acts performed by a person acting under the color of official title even though it is later discovered that the legality of that person’s appointment or election to office is deficient. Norton v. Shelby County, 118 U.S. 425, 440 (1886).
Originally posted by General.Lee
reply to post by Annee
Really? So, by your definition, all of the anchor babies running around will someday be eligible to be president? All you have to do is sneak into America, which is real easy to do these days, pop out a kid, and BAM!! it's a natural born citizen and can someday be president. Wow. I did not know that. Thanks for enlightening me.
Originally posted by malcr
I'm from the UK even I know the difference between the following:
1, Born in the US
AND
2. Born to US citizens
versus
1.Born in the US
OR
2. Born to US citizens.
I think some of you birthers need to understand the difference between the words "OR" and "AND". McCain failed 1 but passed 2. Obama passes 1 but fails 2. In either case both are eligible because of the key word "OR".
It's called the English language !
Originally posted by Riposte
Originally posted by AnneeNO - - neither parent needs to be a US citizen. Only you need to be born on US soil.
I am a bit unclear on US territories and military bases abroad. Because non-citizens are in the US military. If both parents in the military are non-citizens - - but their child is born on a US military base - - does that qualify the child as a natural born US citizen?
Nope. You're wrong, and you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.
Being born on US soil simply makes you a native born citizen. You're going to have to actually go and research Constitutional law and its founding before posting in this thread and looking like a complete fool.
Originally posted by InnocentBystander
reply to post by Hemisphere
Great job! You:
A: Didn't read the thread.
B: Didn't fact check the information provided.
C: Used the disinformation in this video to insult the other side and further perpetuate an ignorant myth.
Born to a Christian-turned-secular mother and a Muslim-turned-atheist African father, Obama grew up living all across the world with plenty of spiritual influences, but without any particular religion. He is now a Christian, having been baptized in the early 1990s at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. But rumors about Obama's religion persist. In the new NEWSWEEK Poll, 12 percent of voters incorrectly believe he's Muslim; more than a quarter believe he was raised in a Muslim home.
Originally posted by FoosM
Wait a minute....
If I read the US constitution:
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.
I interpret that to mean that you can be president if you are born in the US or become a citizen of the US.
So even if B.O. was born in Kenya, and became a US citizen, he is eligible to be President... right?
Here is how I see this happening. The issue we have is that when the Constitution was written, how many states were there? If one was born in a part of the US that was not yet a state, but became one later, would that person be eligible? What about slaves? And we still have the issue of his Mother being a US citizen. Who, if she was working for the government abroad (CIA) would make her offspring eligible as US citizens.
Tell you the truth, after reading the constitution, I dont see a problem with B.O.'s status as US President.
www.usconstitution.net...
Yes, that’s how it is interpreted. But if one were to do a strict interpretation of the natural born citizen clause, the last person eligible for office died centuries ago.
Originally posted by karen61057
If I read this correctly or rather if I interpret this myself is says that you have to be a citizen at the time of the adoption of this constitution
Originally posted by FoosM
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
Originally posted by malcr
I'm from the UK even I know the difference between the following:
1, Born in the US
AND
2. Born to US citizens
versus
1.Born in the US
OR
2. Born to US citizens.
I think some of you birthers need to understand the difference between the words "OR" and "AND". McCain failed 1 but passed 2. Obama passes 1 but fails 2. In either case both are eligible because of the key word "OR".
It's called the English language !