[john mirse]

If the bill doesn't take effect until 2016 if passed, how can democrats claim that the bill is targeting President Obama, when Obama cannot run in 2016?

What the eligibility issue with Obama did was this: It showed us that the presidential candidate eligibility rules in each state had no strict rules and no official oversight in the past.

This Missouri law, on the other hand, will make the presidential eligibility rules clearer for all future presidential candidates in Missouri beginning in 2016, whether the candidate is a Democrat or a Republican.

In fact, I believe that after the 2012 presidential elections, other states will quickly follow Missouri's lead so that they won't have a repeat of the Obama disaster and confusion that they had during the 2008 elections and that we now have during this 2012 presidential election.

Again, Obama can't run in 2016, so I don't see how democrats can complain that the bill is targeting Obama.

As I see it, the bill will be good for both Democrat and Republican candidates in 2016 and all future presidential elections.

[philman_36]

This Missouri law, on the other hand, will make the presidential eligibility rules clearer for all future presidential candidates in Missouri beginning in 2016, whether the candidate is a Democrat or a Republican.
Have you read the bill? If you haven't there is a link at reply #5 with a small snippet.

There's more to this bill than just birth certificates!

[philman_36]

Be sure and take particular note to the USC 8, which is titled ALIENS AND NATIONALITY, aspect of the bill.
Positive law and natural law.
Please let me know what you think about it after reading the bill.

[frog in a pot]

This proposed bill essentially changes the meaning of NBC from that which was understood by the founders. It is a knock-off of a similar bill that failed IIRC in AZ.

Ask yourself whether this bill allows an anchor baby to be eligible for the presidency. If you can see that, then ask whether that is what the founders would have intended for our CinC.

Only a statute that calls for proof of citizen parents as well as birthplace will satisfy the founder’s requirement.
Anything short of that effectively reinforces the mess we now have.