Posted on 10/07/2008 2:02:58 PM PDT by moopie1
OH yea forgot about that...Is Michelle a citizen? (just kidding!)
You'll need to amend the Constitution for that.
There are only three qualifications. Thirty-five years of age, natural born citizen, and having resided for fourteen years in the US.
That's it.
No one has turned up anything.
By the way, are you the same Peter Finn who once ran for a seat on the California Assembly, 9th district?
There's nothing to prevent any person from running or otherwise seeking the office.
The only restriction is that they can't hold the office of President.
Only state legislatures can do that. Congress has no say as to who may appear on state ballots. That is entirely a state issue.
People need to understand that November 4th isn't a federal election. It's 50 state elections (plus the District of Columbia). And when we cast our votes, we're not electing a president, we're appointing our respective state's electors.
And Article II of our Constitution leaves the appointing of electors entirely up to the states.
No, that myth was debunked some time ago.
Really.....please inform me.
I await your answer..............
Well, it was already pretty obvious to anyone who looked into it a bit that the ARDC's roll of attorneys list had nothing to do with the Illinois Bar application.
But Jeff Schreiber put the final nail in this myth's coffin in a piece he wrote over on his America's Right blog over a month ago.
I have it on good authority that they know about it...and apparently so does Phil Berg, the attorney/plaintiff in this case (he even acknowledges it in his complaint).
The word is that RNC oppo research team went to Mombassa as the chaos surrounding Cousin Odinga’s “election dispute” was going on.
Hmmm...how could they have gotten hold of a document of this nature in the midst of full-blown government chaos? Surely, staffing the Vital Records Bureau wasn’t a top priority when there are limbs to be removed and Christians to burn. Would a certain incumbent-president of Kenya have been willing to help out the RNC?
I bet the decision took less than 2 seconds when he looked out his window at the violent bunch of machete wielding Islamofascists led by Obama’s cousin...particularly when Obama repeatedly blasted the Kenyan government during his 2006 stopoff to campaign for Cousin Odinga’s presidential bid.
Rumor has it that the oppo squad hit town as things were settling down...Kibaki knew that he would have to enter a power sharing agreement with Cousin Odinga and the US Inauguration on January 20, 2009 suddenly became very important.
Church burnings and ethnic cleansing vs. slipping the RNC the political kryptonite needed to bring down the Community Organizer in Chief...pretty easy call in my book...saving myself and my country from widescale bloodshed AND getting some sweet revenge on Barry and Odingbat. Priceless.
It would seem that showing a birth certificate would be a whole lot cheaper than paying an army of lawyers, unless of course, there actually was something to hide.
It gets more and more interesting.
I would really welcome having Obama disqualified and Hillary appointed to take his place.
Granted, it is 50 state elections. But it is a joint session of the U.S. Congress that certifies the election. Therefore ultimately they have the responsibility to certify that the candidate is valid.
Certainly, the congress can pass a law to have the executive branch verify the eligibility of everyone appearing on any state ballot for president.
Clarification. The joint session of congress certifies the election by the electoral college.
Still, there is nothing that prevents congress from directing the executive branchto verify eligibility and provide the proof to congress.
Interesting choice of words.........
Thanks-
Is this the same RNC opposition research team that Larry Johnson of NoQuarter reported had gone to Hawaii and acquired Obama's original Hawaiian birth certificate and that it was in the name of Barry Soetoro?
Back on August 9th, Johnson wrote:
Did I also mention how small Hawaii is? Republican operatives, with help from their own island backers, have unearthed critical information on Obama and are just biding their time until after the convention to drop it on him. Such as? Having a birth certificate that lists you as Barry Soetoro.
So which birth certificate are they going to drop on him? The one from Hawaii or the one from Kenya?
I was speaking of the myth that he lied on his application to the Illinois Bar.
No, they can't.
Again, Article II of the Constitution expressly leaves the appointing of electors up to the states.
Each state shall appoint, in the manner as the legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole number if Senators and Representatives to which the state may be entitled in the Congress...
And conservatives should be the last people who need to be reminded of the Tenth Amendment.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
All Congress may do is challenge the votes cast by the electors on the first Monday following the second Wednesday of December, which this year will be December 15th.
I thought Amendment X was abolished by the Warren Court.
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Obama also promised his IL constituency he would lower taxes on 95% of the people. He LIED.