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To: DiogenesLamp
Archibald believes that the FBI may be holding information related to Mr. Obama’s eligibility to stand for the office of President of the United States according to the stated qualifications of Article II, Section 1, Clause 4 of the Constitution of the United States.

Not all documents are subject to FOIA, just because somebody wants a look-see. If no compelling public interest argument is made, the judge is just going to dismiss the suit. Since a parent CANNOT renounce a child's citizenship, the premise that these documents can shed some or any kind of light is faulty and there is no compelling public interest in forcing them into public view. He's got no bait on his hook.

25 posted on 11/29/2011 8:31:05 PM PST by Valpal1 (I have a dream... Herman Cain being sworn in by Clarence Thomas.)
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To: Valpal1
Not all documents are subject to FOIA, just because somebody wants a look-see. If no compelling public interest argument is made, the judge is just going to dismiss the suit.

If the judge is a Clinton appointee, this will no doubt be true. If, on the other hand, he is a normal non-kook, non-idiot, non-corrupt judge, he will see the public interest in knowing the particulars of this most Un-American Precedent's origins.

Since a parent CANNOT renounce a child's citizenship, the premise that these documents can shed some or any kind of light is faulty and there is no compelling public interest in forcing them into public view. He's got no bait on his hook.

The parent's might not themselves be able to renounce a child's citizenship, but they can certainly put a child in such a position as to cause it to happen otherwise. A parent that takes a child to live in a foreign country till maturity may very well inadvertently cause the child to attain citizenship in that country, and subsequently through some affirmative act, lose his citizenship in this country. I have seen it suggested that swearing an oath of loyalty to another nation, or getting a passport in another nation as a citizen of that nation, could be regarded as an "affirmative act." Even if such a thing does not meet the legal requirements for losing citizenship, the public has a right to know how willing someone is to sell out their franchise in our society.

In any case, no public interest is served by keeping truthful information regarding those in positions of authority hidden from the public. Indeed, it is very much against the public interest.

It is odd that Muslims around the world do not regard Obama as an apostate, which is the normal view of Muslims who give up Islam for Christianity. Muslim's have tolerance for those who lie about their conversion, but not for those who actually convert. Knowing of blatant duplicity in our leadership is also in the public interest.

35 posted on 11/30/2011 6:19:26 AM PST by DiogenesLamp (Partus sequitur Patrem)
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