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Birther Report
3/25/2014
Excerpt:
The strange 2008 McCain-Obama Presidential eligibility debate
Lawrence Sellin, PHD | Family Security Matters
Despite the misinformation being disseminated by our corrupt political-media culture, there is no ambiguity.
According to Article II, Section I, Clause 5 of the Constitution, the narrative of the 14th Amendment, the Supreme Court case of Minor v. Happersett (1875), other legal opinions, precedence and historical background, Presidential eligibility requires that a candidate be born a US citizen of two US citizen parents at the time of birth.
If you are unwilling to accept the exhaustive legal documentation regarding the true meaning of "natural born" citizenship, you may try the common sense question:
Why has every President since Martin van Buren been a US citizen at birth of two citizen parents except Barack Obama and Chester A. Arthur, who lied about his personal history?
In order to understand the political machinations surrounding the 2008 Presidential eligibility debate, it is important to know that there have been numerous recent attempts by Democrats and Republicans to amend the Article II "natural born citizen" clause, starting in 1975 when New York Democrat House Rep. Jonathon B. Bingham introduced House Joint Resolution 33, which clearly recognized the distinction between "citizen" and "natural born citizen:"
"Provides that a citizen of the United States otherwise eligible to hold the Office of President shall not be ineligible because such citizen is not a natural born citizen."
It may be that our corrupt political-media culture, having failed to change the Constitution by legal amendment, achieved it in 2008 by political fait accompli.
On January 25, 2008, before the Super Tuesday Presidential primary vote, the New York Times endorsed Senator John McCain for President.
One month after endorsing McCain, on February 28, 2008, about the time Barack Obama began to overtake Hillary Clinton in the Democratic Presidential primary, the New York Times published an article questioning McCain's eligibility to be President according to the natural born citizen clause of the Constitution. According to the Times article, he was born outside the continental United States on a US military installation in the Panama Canal Zone and, therefore, possibly ineligible. The Times story was immediately followed by numerous other news items questioning McCain's candidacy as well as lawsuits in California and New Hampshire challenging his Constitutional eligibility for the Presidency.
Strangely enough, on February 29, 2008, the day after the Times article appeared challenging McCain's eligibility, Senator Barack Obama's campaign announced he would co-sponsor legislation already introduced on February 28, 2008 by his political ally Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) to ensure that John McCain could become president, even though he was born in the Panama Canal Zone.
Obama said: "Senator McCain has earned the right to be his party's nominee, and no loophole should prevent him from competing in this campaign."
The McCaskill Senate bill, "Children of Military Families Natural Born Citizen Act", which she wrote by hand on a notepad after reading the Times article, specified a new part of the definition of "natural born citizen," which, if the bill had passed, would have included "any person born to any citizen of the United States while serving in the active or reserve components of the United States Armed Forces."
The initial McCaskill legislation was eventually superseded by Senate Resolution 511.
SR 511 was introduced April 10, 2008 by McCaskill and co-sponsored by Senators Leahy (D-VT), Obama (D-IL), Coburn (R-OK), Clinton (D-NY) and Webb (D-VA) and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. It was reported out of committee without amendment by Senator Leahy on April 24, 2008.
On April 30, 2008, the non-binding (no force of law) SR 511 was passed by unanimous consent (no recorded vote) stating:
"That John Sidney McCain, III, is a ‘‘natural born Citizen'' under Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution of the United States."
Again, strangely enough, the legal basis for SR 511, also contained in the Congressional Record, was provided to the Senate by former Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson, a McCain adviser, and Harvard professor Laurence Tribe, an Obama supporter.
On April 18, 2008, the New York Times concluded that the eligibility issue could only be resolved by a Constitutional amendment, but confirmed the political fait accompli.
"Obviously, we are not going to get the Constitution amended in the next two or three months," said Ms. McCaskill, who was driven to clear up any ambiguity after learning of the potential problem. "We are just trying to send the strongest signal we can as quickly and simply as we can."
So, in April 2008, it appears that McCaskill's "signal" was a political deal struck between the Democrats and Republicans that would provide cover for both McCain and Obama on eligibility and, perhaps, spawned a conspiracy of silence on the issue.
Although it is customary for the parties to certify the eligibility of their candidates under Article II, Section I, Clause 5 of the Constitution, the Democrat Party chair, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), made that certification in 2008 only to the State of Hawaii, which has a statutory requirement that such Constitutional certification be made. The remaining 49 states received no such certification in support of the eligibility of Barack Obama.
Allegedly Pelosi prepared two different certifications verifying the eligibility of Barack Obama for the Presidency, which were both prepared on the same day, August 28, 2008, and notarized by the same individual.
The Certification of Nomination sent to the state of Hawaii mentioned the Constitutional requirement:
"THIS IS TO CERTIFY that at the National Convention of the Democrat Party of the United States of America, held in Denver, Colorado on August 25 through 28, 2008, the following were duly nominated as candidates of said Party for President and Vice President of the United States respectively and that the following candidates for President and Vice President of the United States are legally qualified to serve under the provisions of the United States Constitution.. "
The Certification of Nomination sent to the other 49 states did not mention the Constitutional requirement:
"THIS IS TO CERTIFY that at the National Convention of the Democrat Party of the United States of America, held in Denver, Colorado on August 25 through 28, 2008, the following were duly nominated as candidates of said Party for President and Vice President of the United States respectively.. "
We are asking nicely. Nancy, why the two certifications? We can handle the truth.
[...] Continued and Comment @ Family Security Matters. Previous reports by Col. Sellin here.
View the complete Birther Report presentation at:
http://www.birtherreport.com/2014/03...ain-obama.html
Birther Report
3/25/2014
Excerpt:
The strange 2008 McCain-Obama Presidential eligibility debate
Lawrence Sellin, PHD | Family Security Matters
Despite the misinformation being disseminated by our corrupt political-media culture, there is no ambiguity.
According to Article II, Section I, Clause 5 of the Constitution, the narrative of the 14th Amendment, the Supreme Court case of Minor v. Happersett (1875), other legal opinions, precedence and historical background, Presidential eligibility requires that a candidate be born a US citizen of two US citizen parents at the time of birth.
If you are unwilling to accept the exhaustive legal documentation regarding the true meaning of "natural born" citizenship, you may try the common sense question:
Why has every President since Martin van Buren been a US citizen at birth of two citizen parents except Barack Obama and Chester A. Arthur, who lied about his personal history?
In order to understand the political machinations surrounding the 2008 Presidential eligibility debate, it is important to know that there have been numerous recent attempts by Democrats and Republicans to amend the Article II "natural born citizen" clause, starting in 1975 when New York Democrat House Rep. Jonathon B. Bingham introduced House Joint Resolution 33, which clearly recognized the distinction between "citizen" and "natural born citizen:"
"Provides that a citizen of the United States otherwise eligible to hold the Office of President shall not be ineligible because such citizen is not a natural born citizen."
It may be that our corrupt political-media culture, having failed to change the Constitution by legal amendment, achieved it in 2008 by political fait accompli.
On January 25, 2008, before the Super Tuesday Presidential primary vote, the New York Times endorsed Senator John McCain for President.
One month after endorsing McCain, on February 28, 2008, about the time Barack Obama began to overtake Hillary Clinton in the Democratic Presidential primary, the New York Times published an article questioning McCain's eligibility to be President according to the natural born citizen clause of the Constitution. According to the Times article, he was born outside the continental United States on a US military installation in the Panama Canal Zone and, therefore, possibly ineligible. The Times story was immediately followed by numerous other news items questioning McCain's candidacy as well as lawsuits in California and New Hampshire challenging his Constitutional eligibility for the Presidency.
Strangely enough, on February 29, 2008, the day after the Times article appeared challenging McCain's eligibility, Senator Barack Obama's campaign announced he would co-sponsor legislation already introduced on February 28, 2008 by his political ally Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) to ensure that John McCain could become president, even though he was born in the Panama Canal Zone.
Obama said: "Senator McCain has earned the right to be his party's nominee, and no loophole should prevent him from competing in this campaign."
The McCaskill Senate bill, "Children of Military Families Natural Born Citizen Act", which she wrote by hand on a notepad after reading the Times article, specified a new part of the definition of "natural born citizen," which, if the bill had passed, would have included "any person born to any citizen of the United States while serving in the active or reserve components of the United States Armed Forces."
The initial McCaskill legislation was eventually superseded by Senate Resolution 511.
SR 511 was introduced April 10, 2008 by McCaskill and co-sponsored by Senators Leahy (D-VT), Obama (D-IL), Coburn (R-OK), Clinton (D-NY) and Webb (D-VA) and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. It was reported out of committee without amendment by Senator Leahy on April 24, 2008.
On April 30, 2008, the non-binding (no force of law) SR 511 was passed by unanimous consent (no recorded vote) stating:
"That John Sidney McCain, III, is a ‘‘natural born Citizen'' under Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution of the United States."
Again, strangely enough, the legal basis for SR 511, also contained in the Congressional Record, was provided to the Senate by former Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson, a McCain adviser, and Harvard professor Laurence Tribe, an Obama supporter.
On April 18, 2008, the New York Times concluded that the eligibility issue could only be resolved by a Constitutional amendment, but confirmed the political fait accompli.
"Obviously, we are not going to get the Constitution amended in the next two or three months," said Ms. McCaskill, who was driven to clear up any ambiguity after learning of the potential problem. "We are just trying to send the strongest signal we can as quickly and simply as we can."
So, in April 2008, it appears that McCaskill's "signal" was a political deal struck between the Democrats and Republicans that would provide cover for both McCain and Obama on eligibility and, perhaps, spawned a conspiracy of silence on the issue.
Although it is customary for the parties to certify the eligibility of their candidates under Article II, Section I, Clause 5 of the Constitution, the Democrat Party chair, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), made that certification in 2008 only to the State of Hawaii, which has a statutory requirement that such Constitutional certification be made. The remaining 49 states received no such certification in support of the eligibility of Barack Obama.
Allegedly Pelosi prepared two different certifications verifying the eligibility of Barack Obama for the Presidency, which were both prepared on the same day, August 28, 2008, and notarized by the same individual.
The Certification of Nomination sent to the state of Hawaii mentioned the Constitutional requirement:
"THIS IS TO CERTIFY that at the National Convention of the Democrat Party of the United States of America, held in Denver, Colorado on August 25 through 28, 2008, the following were duly nominated as candidates of said Party for President and Vice President of the United States respectively and that the following candidates for President and Vice President of the United States are legally qualified to serve under the provisions of the United States Constitution.. "
The Certification of Nomination sent to the other 49 states did not mention the Constitutional requirement:
"THIS IS TO CERTIFY that at the National Convention of the Democrat Party of the United States of America, held in Denver, Colorado on August 25 through 28, 2008, the following were duly nominated as candidates of said Party for President and Vice President of the United States respectively.. "
We are asking nicely. Nancy, why the two certifications? We can handle the truth.
[...] Continued and Comment @ Family Security Matters. Previous reports by Col. Sellin here.
View the complete Birther Report presentation at:
http://www.birtherreport.com/2014/03...ain-obama.html