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Tisdale v. Obama and the “Natural Born Citizen” Clause
Natural Born Citizen - A Place to Ask Questions and Get the Right Answers
Mario Apuzzo, Esq.
2/16/2012
Excerpt:
"There are some supporters of putative President Barack Obama commenting on the recent 4th Circuit court decision, Tisdale v. Obama, Tisdale v. Obama, Civil Action No. 3:12-cv-00036-JAG, http://www.scribd.com/doc/80563782/T...-v-Obama-et-al. which held not by published decision but by order that any child born in the U.S. is a "natural born citizen." In Tisdale, the pro se plaintiff (not represented by an attorney), on January 23, 2012, filed in the Federal District Court of the Eastern District of Virginia, a complaint against presidential candidates, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, and Ron Paul, seeking an injunction against the Virginia State Board of Elections from certifying any candidate who is not a “natural born Citizen” from appearing on the ballot in the upcoming general election of November 6, 2012. While the Court on January 23, 2012, granted Tisdale’s motion to proceed as a pauper which he had filed earlier on January 17, 2012, on the same day and in the same Order also dismissed his complaint with prejudice for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. With all due respect for Judge Gibney, as I will show, not only has he given us an incredibly hurried decision that does not provide his own independent thoughtful and reasoned analysis of the meaning of an Article II “natural born Citizen” based on the historical and legal record, but the case citations he includes in his 2 and ½ page Order to support his decision do not provide any basis for his conclusion that any child born in the U.S. is a "natural born citizen."
View the complete article at:
http://puzo1.blogspot.com/2012/02/ti...ural-born.html
Natural Born Citizen - A Place to Ask Questions and Get the Right Answers
Mario Apuzzo, Esq.
2/16/2012
Excerpt:
"There are some supporters of putative President Barack Obama commenting on the recent 4th Circuit court decision, Tisdale v. Obama, Tisdale v. Obama, Civil Action No. 3:12-cv-00036-JAG, http://www.scribd.com/doc/80563782/T...-v-Obama-et-al. which held not by published decision but by order that any child born in the U.S. is a "natural born citizen." In Tisdale, the pro se plaintiff (not represented by an attorney), on January 23, 2012, filed in the Federal District Court of the Eastern District of Virginia, a complaint against presidential candidates, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, and Ron Paul, seeking an injunction against the Virginia State Board of Elections from certifying any candidate who is not a “natural born Citizen” from appearing on the ballot in the upcoming general election of November 6, 2012. While the Court on January 23, 2012, granted Tisdale’s motion to proceed as a pauper which he had filed earlier on January 17, 2012, on the same day and in the same Order also dismissed his complaint with prejudice for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. With all due respect for Judge Gibney, as I will show, not only has he given us an incredibly hurried decision that does not provide his own independent thoughtful and reasoned analysis of the meaning of an Article II “natural born Citizen” based on the historical and legal record, but the case citations he includes in his 2 and ½ page Order to support his decision do not provide any basis for his conclusion that any child born in the U.S. is a "natural born citizen."
View the complete article at:
http://puzo1.blogspot.com/2012/02/ti...ural-born.html