Posted on 12/05/2008 3:21:38 PM PST by patriotgal1787
We won't know until Monday the earliest if the Supreme Court will consider the petition brought before it by attorney Leo Donofrio (see post below this one). But today a verbal firestorm has erupted in the blogosphere, with scores of bloggers taking sides, and hundreds of their readers debating the argument in the comments sections.
All that is well and good. People are talking about it. It should and must be discussed. Far too little of that has taken place, much to our nation's peril. Time is of the essence -- a mere nine days remain before the Electoral College casts its votes to determine our next President.
I just read a thoughtful and eloquently written piece by "Dr. Kate" that lays out the whole Constitutional shebang - relative to whether Barack Obama does or does not -- by birth -- meet the eligibility requirement of Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution.
"Stand By Me" appears at Texas Darlin, a blogsite that has been providing thorough coverage of the lawsuits that have been brought forward that are challenging Obama to produce proof that he is a natural born citizen of the United States.
I'm excerpting some of Dr. Kate's work here, but please click over and read the entire piece. It is logically and simply presented, and easy to understand. These excerpts are here to whet your appetite, but I won't be offended if you click over to Texas Darlin right now. As American citizens, it is a nutritional feast, replete with knowledge we must ingest into our marrow if we are to be a healthy republic.
The Constitution. The 4,400 words, just words, in the document that became the founding guide for governance of “We the People” in these United States of America. “Stand by me”, this living document beckons to us now. Stand up and stand by me.That our Constitution is a living document is proven by its 28 Amendments and the number of legislative and Executive branch rules and actions that have been scrutinized, upheld, or dismissed by the U.S. Supreme Court for lack of consistency with the Constitution. No matter the political upheaval.
The Constitution: this is what is at stake in this election if we do not stand up and mandate that Barack Hussein Obama prove he is eligible under the U.S. Constitution to serve as President of the United States.
It is not about the birth certificate ….it is about citizenship and who is eligible to hold the office of President of the United States right now, in 2008. It is not about race , affirmative action, or the ‘popular vote’. It is about the rule of law, a nation of laws, and our Constitution.
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Before I begin this essay, I want to speak to the many naysayers, disbelievers, and those who are simply anguished, and who (a) doubt the ‘validity’ of the lawsuits, or criticize the attorneys involved, and who (b) doubt that, or would be surprised if, the Supreme Court will do anything on this issue. Many are thinking the Court will want to avoid civil unrest and believe that it will succumb to “public pressure”, the standing issue, the ‘popular vote’, or the ‘procedural errors’, and dismiss the cases outright. Many people have forgotten that the Supreme Court has historically and knowingly taken on controversial issues despite the perceived threat or reality of civil unrest. Think of the civil rights cases.
To me this ‘disbelief’ or “surprise” is a telling sign, as it reveals in part how little people understand or know of the history of the U.S. Constitution in our founding as a structure for governance, nor the laws, amendments, decisions, and proceedings that mark our growth as a Nation. Fundamentally, though, the ‘despair’ reveals a loss of trust in our national government, our legal system, and our political systems, resulting in a cynicism that threatens our very existence as a Nation. Right. Now.
As I worked on this article, I have been humbled to read The Federalist Papers, The Living U.S. Constitution, and dozens of links posted here from readers about the vision and viability of a United States of America and scholars’ view of its meaning and interpretation over time. It occurred to me in doing this research that it appears that our educational system has failed in the last several decades to inform and educate the citizenry about the Constitution, the responsibilities of citizenship, and the history of and progress of our Nation. This is a major reason why there is a dearth of interest in the Constitutional eligibility of Obama, and ridicule of anyone interested in the issue.
And, if we had been more aware of our Constitution and the laws of our country, we would have collectively spotted Obama as ineligible for POTUS more than two years ago. The signs of Obama’s deceit have been plainly out in the open: his claim to be a citizen under the 14th Amendment; his admission that he was born of dual citizenship; the sealing of all of his records and refusal to release his long-form certificate of live birth, and his endless autobiographies about his Kenyan father; his travels to Pakistan; and his adoption in Indonesia. While our lack of knowledge does not absolve Obama, the DNC, the RNC and Congress from doing their job in verifying his eligibility, the lack of awareness on the part of the American public, the media narrative, the money, and Obama’s seeming collusion with Congress has left us in a very uncomfortable position now—facing the dissolution of our Union.
Dr. Kate at Texas Darlin. Feast on her wisdom. Feed your mind.
BTTT
Finished reading it and realized that it resounded with me to such a degree because I have written much of the same things, at my blogpage and here on Freerepublic! [http://www.porchmaunderings.blogspot.com]
Very similar.....keep up the good work!
Dearest RachelFaith,
America is NOT dead. Not as long as we breathe and are willing to fight to keep her. Why do give up so easily?
We’ve only just begun the fight. Get a grip, and get moving. We’ve lots of work to do. Fight to the last breath.
The defeatists need to get a grip or get out of our way.
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