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To: Cboldt

And yet that has never happened, go figure,
It is silly to continually apply for the courts to intervene if you don’t believe in the objectivity and independence of the judiciary.
There is another branch of government who could act, the legislative. There has never been a single Congressional hearing or even a speech in either House of Congress or in a state legislature on the Constitutional meaning of the term Natural Born Citizen.
A legislative body could act to require that a candidate provde proof of their natural born citizenship.


164 posted on 03/31/2016 2:38:38 PM PDT by Nero Germanicus
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To: Nero Germanicus
-- It is silly to continually apply for the courts to intervene if you don't believe in the objectivity and independence of the judiciary. --

I'd say that depends on the outcome you want, and on the issue. Homos got what they wanted, for example.

-- There has never been a single Congressional hearing or even a speech in either House of Congress or in a state legislature on the Constitutional meaning of the term Natural Born Citizen. --

That's false too. Congressional Hearing on H.J.Res. 88 - July 24, 2000

-- A legislative body could act to require that a candidate provde proof of their natural born citizenship. --

That doesn't resolve the definition. I think most states require the candidates to affirm they are eligible, with varying degrees of penalty for making a false affirmation. Just saying, there are vehicles to address the issue, besides outside challenges. What is missing is general public awareness that all persons born abroad are "naturalized" according to long-standing and frequently applied (but not in presidential contests) SCOTUS precedent.

167 posted on 03/31/2016 2:52:56 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Nero Germanicus

The Legislature would never act on the NBC issue because of Obama. If he does not qualify with their definition all of his Presidential actions that required his signature would be null and void and this would send us into a Constitutional crisis.


178 posted on 03/31/2016 3:21:19 PM PDT by orinoco (Orinoco)
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