hypocritexposer
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Can a Dual Citizen be a Natural Born Citizen? Until the SCOTUS rules differently than in 1874, NO.
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In Minor v. Happersett, 1874, the Supreme Court stated that there is a legitimate unanswered question, or "doubt", as to whether a U.S.-born child of a non-citizen parent is a Constitutional natural born citizen. Until the Supreme Court answers this question, it is by no means "settled" that Barack Obama is Constitutionally eligible to be President of the United States.
Is a citizen the same as a Citizen the same as Natural Born Citizen, NO, or else the founders would not have had to write in a "Grandfather clause"
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Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the Constitution states:
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.
Is a "Native Born Citizen" the same as "Natural Born Citizen"? NO. A Native Born is a person that gains citizenship at birth. (Anchor Babies are Native Born)
From Obama's website:
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“The fact is Barack Obama was born in the state of Hawaii in 1961, a native citizen of the United States of America.”
When was the last time the Senate verified that a Natural Born Citizen was a citizen born of 2 American Citizen Parents? 2008
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Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) introduced a resolution expressing the sense of the U.S. Senate that presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was a ‘natural born Citizen,’ as specified in the Constitution and eligible to run for President.
“Because he was born to American citizens, there is no doubt in my mind that Senator McCain is a natural born citizen,” said Leahy. “I expect that this will be a unanimous resolution of the Senate.”
At a Judiciary Committee hearing on April 3, Leahy asked Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, himself a former Federal judge, if he had doubts that McCain was eligible to serve as President.
“My assumption and my understanding is that if you are born of American parents, you are naturally a natural-born American citizen,” Chertoff replied.
“That is mine, too,” said Leahy.
What’s interesting here is that Sen. Leahy, the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary, confirms that a “natural born” citizen is the child of American citizen parents.
Parents — that’s two. That’s BOTH parents.
Was Obama born a Dual Citizen? Yes, by his own admission.
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“When Barack Obama Jr. was born on Aug. 4,1961, in Honolulu, Kenya was a British colony, still part of the United Kingdom’s dwindling empire. As a Kenyan native, Barack Obama Sr. was a British subject whose citizenship status was governed by The British Nationality Act of 1948. That same act governed the status of Obama Sr.‘s children.
Why is it important that the Commander in Chief be a Natural Born Citizen? Because a Dual Citizen might have divided loyalities.
"the Natural" in Natural Born Citizen refers to by Natural Law, meaning that you cannot become a "Natural Born Citizen" by any statutory law. You either are at birth or not.
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“every human being born within the jurisdiction of the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is, in the language of your Constitution itself, a natural born citizen.” (Cong. Globe, 39th, 1st Sess., 1291 (1866))
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In Minor v. Happersett, 1874, the Supreme Court stated that there is a legitimate unanswered question, or "doubt", as to whether a U.S.-born child of a non-citizen parent is a Constitutional natural born citizen. Until the Supreme Court answers this question, it is by no means "settled" that Barack Obama is Constitutionally eligible to be President of the United States.
Is a citizen the same as a Citizen the same as Natural Born Citizen, NO, or else the founders would not have had to write in a "Grandfather clause"
Quote:
Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the Constitution states:
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.
Is a "Native Born Citizen" the same as "Natural Born Citizen"? NO. A Native Born is a person that gains citizenship at birth. (Anchor Babies are Native Born)
From Obama's website:
Quote:
“The fact is Barack Obama was born in the state of Hawaii in 1961, a native citizen of the United States of America.”
When was the last time the Senate verified that a Natural Born Citizen was a citizen born of 2 American Citizen Parents? 2008
Quote:
Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) introduced a resolution expressing the sense of the U.S. Senate that presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was a ‘natural born Citizen,’ as specified in the Constitution and eligible to run for President.
“Because he was born to American citizens, there is no doubt in my mind that Senator McCain is a natural born citizen,” said Leahy. “I expect that this will be a unanimous resolution of the Senate.”
At a Judiciary Committee hearing on April 3, Leahy asked Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, himself a former Federal judge, if he had doubts that McCain was eligible to serve as President.
“My assumption and my understanding is that if you are born of American parents, you are naturally a natural-born American citizen,” Chertoff replied.
“That is mine, too,” said Leahy.
What’s interesting here is that Sen. Leahy, the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary, confirms that a “natural born” citizen is the child of American citizen parents.
Parents — that’s two. That’s BOTH parents.
Was Obama born a Dual Citizen? Yes, by his own admission.
Quote:
“When Barack Obama Jr. was born on Aug. 4,1961, in Honolulu, Kenya was a British colony, still part of the United Kingdom’s dwindling empire. As a Kenyan native, Barack Obama Sr. was a British subject whose citizenship status was governed by The British Nationality Act of 1948. That same act governed the status of Obama Sr.‘s children.
Why is it important that the Commander in Chief be a Natural Born Citizen? Because a Dual Citizen might have divided loyalities.
"the Natural" in Natural Born Citizen refers to by Natural Law, meaning that you cannot become a "Natural Born Citizen" by any statutory law. You either are at birth or not.
Quote:
“every human being born within the jurisdiction of the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is, in the language of your Constitution itself, a natural born citizen.” (Cong. Globe, 39th, 1st Sess., 1291 (1866))